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In the Seattle [[King County, Washington|King County]] area, there were estimated to be 11,751 [[homeless people]] living on the streets or in shelters.<ref name="CountUsIn2020">{{Cite web|url=https://regionalhomelesssystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Count-Us-In-2020-Final_7.29.2020.pdf|title=Count Us In 2020|website=regionalhomelesssystem.org|access-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> On January 24, 2020, the count of unsheltered homeless individuals was 5,578. The number of individuals without homes in [[Emergency bathroom|Emergencyemergency Shelters]]shelters was 4,085 and the number of homeless individuals in [[Transitionaltransitional housing]] was 2,088, for a total count of 11,751 unsheltered people.<ref name="CountUsIn2020"/>

Since 2017, the [[King County, Washington|King County]] government with the help of many local organizations has organized the [[Point-In-Time Count]] of the number of people sleeping without adequate shelter in Seattle (~around 70%<ref name="CountUsIn2020" />) and the rest of King County.<ref name="archiveOneNightCount2016">{{Cite web|url=https://regionalhomelesssystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2016-KC-ONC-numbers.pdf|title=One Night Count 2016 Summary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926103919/https://regionalhomelesssystem.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/2016-KC-ONC-numbers.pdf|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=September 26, 2020}}</ref> From 1980 until 2016, the Seattle/King County Coalition on Homelessness (SKCCH) organized an Annual One Night Count of homeless people in ever expanding areas of Seattle and King County.<ref name="archiveOneNightCountSKCCHHistory">{{Cite web|url=http://homelessinfo.org/what-we-do/one-night-count/|title=One Night Count SKCCH History Summary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929065729/http://homelessinfo.org/what-we-do/one-night-count/|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref> Since 2006, counts have occurred on one night of the last ten days of January as specified by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).<ref name="archiveOneNightCount2006">{{Cite web|url=https://homelessinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2006_ONC_Report.pdf|title=One Night Count 2006 Summary|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212235951/https://homelessinfo.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/2006_ONC_Report.pdf|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021}}</ref> Recent street counts have involved over 1000 volunteers counting people sleeping outside, in a tent, in an abandoned building or in a vehicle (see Unsheltered in the table below). Due to the pandemic, the 2021 street count was cancelled.<ref name="archivePITCount2021Cancelled">{{Cite web|url=https://dchsblog.com/2020/12/17/2021-point-in-time-street-count-canceled/|title=Point-In-Time Count 2021 Cancelled Summary|date=December 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127042438/https://dchsblog.com/2020/12/17/2021-point-in-time-street-count-canceled/|access-date=February 12, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021}}</ref> The counts are not precisely comparable because of changes in the area covered, the time of year, the weather conditions during the count and other factors over the years. When the original reports are missing and surviving records are inconsistent, one count and both citations are recorded in the table. On the same day as the street count, emergency and transitional housing shelters are surveyed to determine how many homeless people are sheltering there. The homeless total includes the unsheltered street count plus those in emergency and transitional shelter (see Total in the table below). From 2006 to 2020, King County population growth averaged 1.7%<ref name="FREDKingCountyPop">{{Cite web|url=https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/WAKING5POP|title=FRED King County Population|website=fred.stlouisfed.org|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="WPKingCountyPop">{{Cite web|url=https://worldpopulationreview.com/us-counties/wa/king-county-population|title=WP King County Population|website=worldpopulationreview.com|access-date=February 26, 2021}}</ref> per year while homelessness grew twice as fast at 3.5% per year and unsheltered homelessness exploded nearly eight times as fast at 13.4% per year.

Many homeless people have health problems. [[Diabetes]] is a common ailment. Many homeless people do not seek or cannot afford adequate healthcare. In 2003, 47% of homeless individuals had one chronic condition.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} Health conditions among homeless persons in the Seattle area have included a history of [[Alcohol abuse|alcohol]] or [[substance abuse]]; more than half had a [[cardiovascular disease]]; and a quarter had a [[mental health]] issue.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} Common causes of death among homeless people in the Seattle area include exposure, intoxication, cardiovascular disease, and [[homicide]]. In 2003, the average age of death of a homeless person was 47.<ref name="blanchard">{{cite news|last=Blanchard |first=Jessica |title=Homeless people studied died at average age of 47|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002118769_homeless14m.html|newspaper=The Seattle Times|date=December 14, 2004}}</ref><ref>Painter, Alan. [http://www.seattle.gov/oir/datasheet/ "The Greater Seattle Datasheet."] City of Seattle. Net. Seattle.gov, December 16, 2004. Web. November 18, 2009.</ref> 697 homeless people died in King County between 2012 and 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Greenstone|first=Scott|date=9 March 2018|title=A record number of homeless people died in King County in 2017|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/a-record-number-of-homeless-people-died-in-king-county-in-2017/|website=[[The Seattle Times]]}}</ref> Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, homeless people compared to the general population are twice as likely to be hospitalized, four times as likely to require critical care, and two to three times as likely to die.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}

As of 2018, the estimated total cost of homelessness in the region was estimated at about one billion dollars per year, including medical, police, and all nonprofit and governmental efforts at all levels. This number is unverified.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2017/11/16/price-of-homelessness-seattle-king-county-costs.html|title=The Price of Homelessness|website=www.bizjournals.com|access-date=June 7, 2018}}</ref> The City of Seattle 2020 Budgetbudget directly allocated $80 million for the Division of Homeless Strategy and Investment.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://openbudget.seattle.gov/#!/year/2020/operating/0/program/Addressing+Homelessness/0/service|title=City of Seattle Budget for Addressing Homelessness|website=openbudget.seattle.gov}}</ref>

The City of Seattle, King County, and the [[United Way of King County]] are the participants in the Seattle and King County Coalition on Homelessness. In April 2021, the voter initiative Charter Amendment Measure 29, known as Compassion Seattle proposed to amend the Seattle [[City charter|charter]] adding a clause which requires the municipal administration to allocate at least 12% of its general financial budget to human services.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-18|title=Why business backs the Compassion Seattle amendment for addressing homelessness|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/business/why-business-backs-the-compassion-seattle-amendment-for-addressing-homelessness/|access-date=2021-06-28|website=The Seattle Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|first1=Daniel |last1=Beekman|first2=Scott|last2=Greenstone|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-begins-to-digest-proposal-that-would-change-city-charter-to-address-homelessness/|title=Proposal to address homelessness in Seattle city charter met with intrigue, skepticism|date=April 13, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2021|journal=The Seattle Times}}</ref> They are combining and coordinating efforts to respond to and end homelessness, while spending carefully. From 2010 to 2020 the King County added 67,000 units to the 112,000 lost due to the growth of rental canons which overcome the 80 percent of area median income (about $23,000 per year for a family of four in 2017).<ref>{{cite news|first1= Benjamin |last1=Maritz|first2= Dilip |last2=Wagle|url=https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/why-does-prosperous-king-county-have-a-homelessness-crisis#|title=Why does prosperous King County have a homelessness crisis?|date=January 22, 2020|access-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200812063750/https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/public-and-social-sector/our-insights/why-does-prosperous-king-county-have-a-homelessness-crisis|archive-date=August 12, 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> A coordinated effort is a response to previous findings from the Committee to End Homelessness in King County and the Ten year plan to End Homelessness, where committed organizations, including the United Way of King County, local businesses, [[Faith-based organization|faith based communities]], housing organizations and human services organizations, studied the causes and solutions to homelessness.{{citation needed|date=June 2018}}

Share/Wheel is a self-help organization run by many homeless residents of Seattle. Share/Wheel has created 4 [[Tent city|Tenttent Citiescities]] through the years. The first Tent City set up in 1990 at the [[Goodwill Games]]. It later became a self-managed homeless shelter at a [[King County Metro|Metro]] bus barn. It eventually moved to the Aloha Inn and created a self-managed [[transitional housing]] program. Tent City 2 was established on [[Beacon Hill, Seattle|Beacon Hill]] in what would later become known as [[The Jungle (Seattle)|The Jungle]], against the objections of the City of Seattle. Eviction notices were posted on the tents on July 2. Four days later on July 6, while most of the residents met with City Council member [[Peter Steinbrueck]] (who was attempting to delay action against the settlement), the Policepolice bulldozed the camp site and private possessions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hpn.asu.edu/archives/Jul98/0006.html |title=Archived copy |website=hpn.asu.edu |access-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100707052526/http://hpn.asu.edu/archives/Jul98/0006.html |archive-date=7 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980707&slug=2759896|title='Jungle' Bulldozed; 8 Arrested|website=community.seattletimes.nwsource.com|url-access=subscription|access-date=2021-02-09|date=1998-07-07|first1=David A|last1=Fahrenthold|archive-date=October 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011225427/http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/?date=19980707&slug=2759896|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Tent City 3 was created on March 31, 2000, on private land. The police did not intervene, but the City of Seattle sued the host over unpaid permit fees. Share/Wheel and the City of Seattle [[settled out of court]] with a [[consent decree]]<ref>[http://www.mrsc.org/contracts/s42tntctyagree.pdf Consent Decree] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150118001229/http://www.mrsc.org/Contracts/S42TntCtyAgree.pdf |date=January 18, 2015 }} Consent Decree</ref><ref>[http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/housing/tentcity/tentcity.aspx Tent City 3] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120416061052/http://www.mrsc.org/subjects/housing/tentcity/tentcity.aspx |date=April 16, 2012 }} Tent City 3</ref> after a [[Superior Court]] judge warned the City that it would lose the case. Tent City 3 moves from location to location every 60–90 days. Tent City 4 split from Tent City 3 and shifts from place to place on the East side of [[Lake Washington]]. Tent cities shelter homeless persons who can not or do not wish to attend a public shelter for various reasons. The City of Seattle doesdid not approve of these tent cities.<ref>Gregory J, Nickels. "[http://www.seattle.gov/mayor/newsdetail.asp?ID=8078&dept=40 Housing first approach to Homelessness Brings hope to hard lives.]"{{dead link|date=February 2021}} City of Seattle 1. 9 (2008): N. web 10/11. 2009</ref> Effective March 13, 2012, the Consent Decree between Share/Wheel and the City of Seattle ended. Tent City 3 has been studied extensively, and is noted by many in the United States to be an encampment that works.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ilophotography.com/essay-tent-city-a-primer |first1=Ilona|last1=Berzups|title=Tent City, a primer |access-date=2021-02-09|date=2011}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=February 2021|reason=This photographer's self-published web page does indeed claim that Seattle "has been studied" as "model for a homeless encampment that works", but doesn't explain which cities or cite any of those specific studies.}}

There arewere other encampments in the Seattle area:

* United We Stand: capacity 35 people, which split from Tent City 3 in late 2014.<ref>[http://rbccucc.org/storage/FAQ%20about%20encampment.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402183242/http://rbccucc.org/storage/FAQ%20about%20encampment.pdf |date=April 2, 2015 }} United We Stand at Richmond Beach UCC</ref><ref>[http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Neighbors-unnerved-by-new-Seattle-homeless-camp--282656061.html]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} United We Stand splits from Tent City 3</ref>

Operation Sack Lunch is a city-funded outdoor feeding program begun in 2007, located under the [[Interstate 5 in Washington|Interstate 5]] viaduct at Cherry Street in downtown Seattle. In 2012, Seattle Human Services Director Danette Smith said that because of poor conditions under the freeway, it should close or move indoors.<ref>[http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/01/19/operation-sack-lunch-saved-from-city-shutdown] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403062641/http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/01/19/operation-sack-lunch-saved-from-city-shutdown |date=April 3, 2015 }} Operation Sack Lunch saved</ref><ref>[http://mayormcginn.seattle.gov/continuing-our-work-to-help-the-hungry/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907231433/http://mayormcginn.seattle.gov/continuing-our-work-to-help-the-hungry/ |date=September 7, 2022 }} Danette Smith discusses depriving homeless of meals</ref> The program's operators said it could not continue at all if forced to move indoors, and no indoor location was found during three years of discussion over the fate of the program, with some Seattle city council members resisting efforts to move it indoors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.king5.com/news/local/Seattle-trying-to-shut-down-food-program-for-homeless-137450068.html|title=King 5 News|access-date=January 6, 2014|archive-date=January 6, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140106095937/http://www.king5.com/news/local/Seattle-trying-to-shut-down-food-program-for-homeless-137450068.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.oslserves.org/osl_news/2012-06/osl_news_spring_2012.pdf]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Operation Sack Lunch newsletter, Spring 2012</ref><ref>[http://godden.seattle.gov/2012/01/20/street-food-for-those-in-need/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902214254/http://godden.seattle.gov/2012/01/20/street-food-for-those-in-need/ |date=September 2, 2022 }} Godden about Operation Sack Lunch</ref> In fall of 2012, a transition program was recommended by a Mayormayor-appointed Tasktask Forceforce.<ref>[http://www.oslserves.org/osl_news/2012-12/OSL%20Newsletter%20finAL%20DRAFT-1.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402104453/http://www.oslserves.org/osl_news/2012-12/OSL%20Newsletter%20finAL%20DRAFT-1.pdf|date=April 2, 2015}} OSL newsletter, Fall 2012</ref>

In 2009, income resources used by homeless persons included: 558 homeless persons who received [[Temporary Assistance for Needy Families]] (TANF), 481 receive [[Supplemental Security Income]] (SSI), 355 received general assistance (GAU), 233 had other sources of income, 142 were on general assistance (GAX), 49 received unemployment compensation, 21 received income through the Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Act (ADATSA), and 590 homeless persons had an unknown source of income.{{citation needed|date=November 2013}}

In 2019 [[KOMO-TV]] aired the hour-long documentary ''Seattle Is Dying'' written and reported by [[Eric Johnson (journalist)|Eric Johnson]], exploring homelessness in Seattle; Portland sister station [[KATU (TV)|KATU]] also carried the special, which also has issues with a transient population.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2019/03/tv-documentary-about-seattles-homeless-crisis-sparks-debate-portland-comparisons.html|title=TV documentary about Seattle's homeless crisis sparks debate, Portland comparisons |last=Turnquist |first=Kristi|date=2019-03-19 |website=oregonlive.com |language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cbsaustin.com/news/local/seattles-homeless-problem-could-be-harbinger-of-things-to-come-in-austin|title=Seattle's homeless problem could be harbinger of things to come in Austin|last=Maciborski|first=Walt |date=2019-07-03|website=KEYE|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> Johnson said local authorities did not provide effective responses to the problems as he identified them, and said some law enforcement officials were not helping to address what the Johnson said were ongoing issues.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/entertainment/2019/07/controversial-documentary-about-seattles-homeless-crisis-will-air-on-katu.html |title=Controversial documentary about Seattle's homeless crisis will air on KATU |last=Turnquist |first=Kristi |date=2019-07-04 |website=oregonlive.com |language=en-US |access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-06-09/after-amazon-led-tax-rebellion-seattle-s-homeless-aid-stalls |title=Amazon Led a Tax Rebellion. A Year Later, Seattle Is Gridlocked|last1=Day|first1=Matt |last2=Buhayar |first2=Noah |date=June 10, 2019 |website=www.bloomberg.com |access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref><ref name="Fowler 2019">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/what-if-seattle-is-dying-and-we-dont-even-know-it/|title='What if Seattle Is Dying, and We Don't Even Know It?'|last=Fowler|first=Jack|date=2019-04-08 |website=National Review|language=en-US |access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> Several Seattlecompeting media outlets in the city and homelessness advocates criticized KOMO-TV and Johnson for what they said was an inaccurate and biased picture of the issues, and that the contents of the documentary were motivated by the conservativeright-wing agenda of the nationwide [[Sinclair Broadcast Group]], which has little interest in local Seattle politics but benefits from spreading[[sensationalism]] of local issues to both maintain newscast ratings and to portray a negative imageand alternate view of the liberal, west-coast city's politics.<ref>{{Cite webnews|url=https://www.seattlepi.com/local/politics/article/Seattle-is-not-perfect-but-Seattle-is-not-dying-13709348.php|title=Connelly: Seattle is not perfect, but Seattle is not dying - SFChronicle.com|date=2019-03-24|websitenewspaper=www.seattlepi.comSeattle Post-Intelligencer|language=en-US|access-date=2019-07-29 |last1=Connelly |first1=By Joel }}</ref><ref>{{Citation| title= As we vent over homelessness in our 'jewel' of a city, let's not forget our shared humanity |date=April 1, 2019|first= Tyrone |last=Beason |newspaper=[[The Seattle Times]] |url= https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/as-we-vent-over-homelessness-in-our-jewel-of-a-city-lets-not-forget-our-shared-humanity/ }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title= Man used as proof that 'Seattle Is Dying' tells his story Robert Champagne says KOMO's special inaccurately portrayed him. To start, he hasn't been homeless for more than three years. |first=David |last=Kroman |date=March 28, 2019 |url= https://crosscut.com/2019/03/man-used-proof-seattle-dying-tells-his-story }}</ref> Tim Harris of ''[[Real Change]]'' called it "[[poverty porn|misery porn]]".<ref>{{Citation |url= https://www.realchangenews.org/2019/03/20/komo-asserts-seattle-dying-misery-porn |title= KOMO asserts Seattle is dying with misery porn |first= Tim |last= Harris |date=March 20, 2019 |website=Real Change News }}</ref>

The documentary states there is a homelessness crisis in Seattle and claims the causes include a lack of an urban [[social policy]] and the rampant [[Substance abuse|drug use]].<ref name="Fowler 2019" /> Johnson advocated for a set of solutions, and said thatclaimed local officials failed to engage with what he said were documented problems.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/rogervaldez/2019/04/08/seattle-isnt-dying-yet-but-the-latest-debate-might-kill-it/|title=Seattle Isn't Dying Yet, But The Latest Debate Might Kill It|last=Valdez |first=Roger |website=Forbes|language=en|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://komonews.com/news/local/local-officials-react-to-komo-news-special|title=Local officials react to KOMO News Special|last=News|first=Matt Markovich {{!}} KOMO|date=2019-03-19|website=KOMO|access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref>

KOMO TV said their documentary was effective in influencing Seattle officials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://komonews.com/news/local/lawmakers-highlight-efforts-to-address-issues-raised-in-seattle-is-dying-documentary |title=Lawmakers highlight efforts to address issues raised in 'Seattle is Dying' documentary|last=News|first=Keith Eldridge {{!}} KOMO|date=2019-03-22 |website=KOMO |access-date=2019-07-29}}</ref> Another of Sinclair's properties,station [[KRCR-TV]], saidalso officialscarried inthe Shasta Countyspecial, California,stating havethat also[[Shasta responded to the documentaryCounty, andCalifornia]] that theyofficials arewere taking measures to combat similar issues they face in their region based on the special.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://krcrtv.com/news/shasta-county/shasta-county-officials-respond-to-film-seattle-is-dying|title=Shasta County officials respond to film Seattle is Dying|last=Brown|first=Dylan|date=2019-07-10|website=KRCR|access-date=2019-07-29|archive-date=July 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190728222900/https://krcrtv.com/news/shasta-county/shasta-county-officials-respond-to-film-seattle-is-dying|url-status=dead}}</ref>

* [http://www.seattle.gov/humanservices/emergencyservices/2009ONCSurveyData.pdf Seattle Homeless Needs Assessment 2009]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

* [http://www.homelessinfo.org/onc.html SKCCH 2009 One Night Count Summary Information]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

* [http://www.homelessinfo.org/ONC-archives.html SKCCH One Night Count Summary Archive, 2003-2008]{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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