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==Measuring the growth of homelessness==
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 (~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.
[[File:SeattleHomelessnessBarChart.png|720x480px|frameless|right|Seattle's sheltered and unsheltered homeless count data 2006-2020]]
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As of January 2020, more than 5,578 homeless people were living in the King County.<ref>{{cite web|first1= Sydney|last1=Brownstone|url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/homeless-deaths-point-to-a-difficult-pandemic-winter-for-people-living-outside/|title=King County homeless deaths point to a difficult pandemic winter for people living outside|date=March 26, 2021|access-date=May 27, 2021}}</ref> In 2020 there were recorded 140 nominative deaths among them.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://southseattleemerald.com/2021/01/22/a-hard-year-for-those-without-shelter-death-rates-rose-and-pressures-increased-for-the-homeless-during-the-pandemic/|title=A hard year for those without shlelter: death rates rose and pressures increased for the homeless during the pandemic|date=January 22, 2021 |access-date=May 27, 2021|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210122175644/https://southseattleemerald.com/2021/01/22/a-hard-year-for-those-without-shelter-death-rates-rose-and-pressures-increased-for-the-homeless-during-the-pandemic/|archive-date=January 22, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref>
In June 2021, the Seattle City Council approved a plan to use $49 million of the $128 million from federal COVID-19 relief funds to support the city's homeless population.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Seattle City Council approves plan to spend $128 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds|url=https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEElIUmXpj0GKgOh338rVC5oqGQgEKhAIACoHCAowje6jCzDQ-LsDMIzLhQc|access-date=2021-06-28|website=Google News|language=en}}</ref> The plan put money towards direct cash assistance and aid programs, housing resources, enhanced shelter and outreach services and small business recovery.<ref>{{Cite web|title=$128 million: Seattle releases plan for American Rescue Plan Act funds|url=https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/seattle/128-million-seattle-releases-plan-for-american-rescue-plan-act-funds/281-22dbbf10-3393-4033-b769-8a9b3b7a000f|access-date=2021-06-28|website=king5.com|date=May 29, 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref>
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