Burien passes public camping ban despite outcry from homeless advocates After months of debate and multiple, contentious meetings, the Burien City Council on Monday night voted to ban people from sleeping in public places like parks. The new ordinance has raised controversy as there are no homeless shelters in the city for unhoused people to go to.
28% of families in Washington state can't afford basic needs, UW study finds About 10 percent of households in Washington state meet the federal poverty threshold, but when researchers drilled into the data on what it actually takes to survive in the state, they found the number of families struggling to make ends meet is much larger.
King County's hotel shelters help address one crisis while potentially hiding another Seattle and King County have been experimenting with using hotel rooms to house people rather than directing them to crowded homeless shelters. But some service providers fear the hotel rooms could be hiding another crisis: drug overdoses.
No, pickleball is not displacing unhoused people: Seattle RV lot provider A 20 court pickleball facility is not pushing out a planned RV safe lot for unhoused people. In fact, getting displaced is the provider’s business model.
To lid or not to lid: Should I-5 be covered through the heart of Seattle? Soundside host Libby Denkmann speaks with Seattle's Office of Planning and Community Development urban planner Lyle Bicknell about the proposal to create a lid on top of I-5.
Burien considers camping ban and first homeless shelter This month the Burien City Council is set to vote on an ordinance that would make sleeping on public property a misdemeanor. If passed, the law would make life even more difficult for homeless people in a city that doesn't offer any shelters.
Tiny house villagers get internet in Seattle People living in tiny house villages in King County are getting an upgrade this summer: fast, reliable internet service. The Seattle Public Library and county are donating Wi-Fi hotspots to help villagers get online without having to leave their tiny houses.
These are 5 ways surging mortgage rates are reshaping the housing market The housing market is showing a split: Sales of existing homes were down last month, but sales of newly built houses were up.