Nearly two years into their implementation of the Health Through Housing initiative, King County officials remain steadfast in their housing first approach to the region’s homelessness crisis.
The initiative, which kicked off at the beginning of 2021, levied a one-tenth of one cent sales tax in King County that would raise tens of millions of dollars toward purchasing hotels across the region. The hotels would be converted to permanent supportive housing for the chronically homeless and would have on-site service providers that could provide services necessary to help people get back on their feet.
Since the beginning of 2021, more than 10 facilities have been purchased or funded by
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