City Hall veteran tapped to lead Seattle housing office as mayor pitches dozens of ‘workforce’ condos, townhomes. 

Both the city and the county would turn over most of their homelessness budgets to a new governmental body.

Rent for a studio apartment in King County has gone up by $645 since 2014. Supplemental Security Income has gone up by just $50.

At the root of the crisis is not substance abuse, but a broken economy.

Despite its homelessness "state of emergency," King County no longer qualifies for a federal grant used by local shelters and food banks.

The $143.5M sale in South Lake Union will raise millions for affordable housing, but what could Seattle accomplish with a little more imagination?

An on-site clinic at the Downtown Emergency Service Center facility will serve a population that often goes underserved.

The private bid includes plans for 175 units of affordable housing on the site, $78.2 million for housing investment and $5 million to deal with homelessness.

One result of the new programs would be a cap on rent increases in Multifamily Tax Exemption housing.

A Seattle City Council committee voted unanimously to tie service provider wages to inflation, teeing it up for likely approval by the full council.

The Joint Office of Homeless Services was created soon after the homelessness crisis hit Multnomah County. Three years later, something similar could be coming to King County.

As baby boomers age, many are finding themselves in a system not set up for late-life care, without anywhere else to go.

Two new programs in King and Snohomish counties take different approaches to catch minors who are falling through the cracks.

The not-so-hidden message of the giving is: Don't impose taxes on businesses or the wealthy.

The city is instituting new rules, increasing fines and encouraging creative uses to prevent developers from leaving buildings empty.