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After a national search for a new housing director, Durkan promotes from within
City Hall veteran tapped to lead Seattle housing office as mayor pitches dozens of ‘workforce’ condos, townhomes.
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Years into a homelessness ‘emergency,’ Seattle and King County propose a unified response
Both the city and the county would turn over most of their homelessness budgets to a new governmental body.
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High lead levels at King County jail have inmates and staff using bottled water
Staff is bringing in water for washing dishes, drinking and cooking ‘out of an abundance of caution.’
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King County lost FEMA homelessness funding because the region is too wealthy
Despite its homelessness "state of emergency," King County no longer qualifies for a federal grant used by local shelters and food banks.