SEATTLE (AP) — King County will buy a hotel that has been housing people who are homeless in Seattle for roughly a year, as well as four or five other hotels in the coming weeks as part of an effort to house 1,600 people in hotels by the end of 2022. The Seattle Times reports County Executive Dow Constantine has been promising such a purchase since 2020, when he asked the Metropolitan King County Council to pass a sales tax to fund the move. It’s a response in part to the growing number of tent cities that have emerged since the pandemic began, and in part a response to homeless advocates asking elected leaders to end the old form of overnight homeless shelter.
King County to buy hotels to permanently house 1,600 people
