We’ve long argued that the type of homelessness that we are now seeing in Seattle and King County is not the result of unaffordable housing, but a combination of mental illness, substance abuse, drug addiction, and unwillingness by those in need to accept help, combined with a lack of...
Hotel California/Love Shack is not the way to shelter the homeless
Violent rapist gets barebone jail sentence, fatally assaults Bellevue man hours after release
In the early hours of July 10, a 63-year-old wheelchair-bound homeless man was fatally assaulted, allegedly by a 25-year-old man at the Bellevue Transit Center, for no apparent reason. The suspect fled but was later arrested by police thanks to information provided by a witness. The homeless man eventually...
City wants to provide RV park services for homeless – on your dime
Over the past few weeks we’ve taken aim at arguments made by sources quoted in a Seattle Times article claiming that removing drug camps is contributing to homeless deaths and drug abuse combined with permissive public policy are a significant cause of those deaths. With King County already on...
What’s really behind the record number of homeless deaths?
Last week we took aim at claims made by sources in a Seattle Times story that the removal of drug camps was driving homelessness deaths. We’re now going to look at one of the actual problems. Drug overdoses. The homelessness problem in Seattle is primarily a substance addiction problem....
