Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday announced a plan to create 1,000 new shelter beds and emergency housing by the end of the year to deal with the city’s homelessness crisis. The plan, which is ...

Wilson's proposal would fast-track shelter development and expand some sites, but some business owners worry about safety and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tents and makeshift shelters form a homeless encampment one block from the Space Needle in Seattle. Photo: Spencer Pauley / The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A homeless encampment with personal belongings and makeshift shelter is seen along a sidewalk in Seattle. Photo: Spencer Pauley / ...

A growing homeless encampment in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood is drawing renewed concern from neighbors just weeks after the city cleared another camp nearby.

Since announcing a homelessness crisis three years ago, leaders of King County and the City of Seattle have come up with a number of ideas ranging from more tiny home villages to "mega tents." When it ...