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    Homelessness
    Seattle Evicts the Homeless Encampment That It Created While Evicting ‘the Jungle’ Last Year
    Seattle Evicts the Homeless Encampment That It Created...
    By Casey Jaywork • March 7, 2017 11:45 am

    Last year, campers fled from the Jungle to the Field. Now they’re fleeing the Field.

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    Councilmembers Ask Mayor to Hold Off On Eviction of ‘The Field’
    Councilmembers Ask Mayor to Hold Off On Eviction...
    By Casey Jaywork • March 6, 2017 4:25 pm

    Several city councilmembers are asking the mayor to give homeless campers a week to clean things up.

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    The remains of a fire at the Field homeless encampment on February 11, 2017. Photo by Cory Potts.
    Murray Announces $55 Million Tax Measure for Homeless...
    By Daniel Person • February 21, 2017 10:18 am

    The measure, which would need the approval of voters, could be on the August ballot.

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    Fire Devours Three Tents At the Field; Fast-Thinking Campers Contain Blaze
    Fire Devours Three Tents At the Field; Fast-Thinking...
    By Casey Jaywork • February 13, 2017 10:48 am

    Homeless campers have been asking Seattle for fire extinguishers for months.

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    ACLU WA Asks for Restraining Order to Stop Seattle Homeless Sweeps
    ACLU WA Asks for Restraining Order to Stop...
    By Casey Jaywork • February 7, 2017 12:03 pm

    The civil liberties group is already suing Seattle over the sweeps, arguing they violate the Constitution.

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    Thanks for the Homeless Camps, Mayor, But Stop the Sweeps
    Thanks for the Homeless Camps, Mayor, But Stop...
    By SW Editorial Board • January 25, 2017 1:30 am

    Suing for decency.

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    Counting the Homeless Is Hard. Here’s What Friday Night’s Count Numbers Will, and Won’t, Mean.
    Counting the Homeless Is Hard. Here’s What Friday...
    By Joe Bernstein • January 25, 2017 1:30 am

    A history of a very difficult census.

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    Progress Slow and Garbage Woe At City Homelessness Meeting
    Progress Slow and Garbage Woe At City Homelessness...
    By Casey Jaywork • January 12, 2017 11:53 am

    Seattle’s limited efforts to address homelessness are slowly manifesting.

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    The Homeless People Who Died in King County in 2016
    The Homeless People Who Died in King County...
    By Casey Jaywork • December 21, 2016 11:30 am

    These are our neighbors who died without a place to call home.

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    Illustration by Joshua Boulet
    How #ManInTree Showed Us the Reality of Mental...
    By Daniel Person • December 21, 2016 1:30 am

    Cody Lee Miller is finally receiving the treatment he needs. The only question is why he had to do what he did to get it.

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    City to Sponsor Three More Homeless Encampments
    City to Sponsor Three More Homeless Encampments
    By Casey Jaywork • December 2, 2016 8:00 am

    Located in White Center, West Seattle, and Licton Springs, they will shelter more than 200 souls.

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    Puyallup’s Homeless Policies Earn Place In National ‘Hall of Shame’
    Puyallup’s Homeless Policies Earn Place In National ‘Hall...
    By Casey Jaywork • November 15, 2016 5:25 pm

    The mayor insists Puyallup is very nice to homeless people. Residents wish they’d go away.

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    County Braces for Less Funding and More Homelessness Under President Trump
    County Braces for Less Funding and More Homelessness...
    By Casey Jaywork • November 15, 2016 2:01 pm

    On undocumented immigrants, Constantine says King County won’t ‘ask for people’s papers.’

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    8 Little Fixes in the City Budget That Can Make a Big Difference
    8 Little Fixes in the City Budget That...
    By Casey Jaywork • November 9, 2016 1:30 am

    A few small-spend solutions that might just work.

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    Muslim Community Members, Syrian Refugees to Give Out Supplies to Homeless
    Muslim Community Members, Syrian Refugees to Give Out...
    By Seattle Weekly • November 4, 2016 1:30 am

    “These folks know what it means to suffer and they really want to give back.”

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    Illustration by Joshua Boulet
    A Year of Emergency
    By Casey Jaywork • November 2, 2016 1:30 am

    Last November the mayor promised extraordinary measures to fight homelessness. After 12 months of plans and battles, have we made any progress?

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