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King County report: unsheltered homelessness rose 26% countywide; North King County has fewer beds
Summary
The King County Regional Homelessness Authority presented a 2024 report showing a 26% rise in people experiencing homelessness since 2022, a roughly 60/40 split of unsheltered to sheltered, and a shortage of shelter beds in North King County where chronic homelessness is especially concentrated.
Janelle Rothwerk, senior research and data director at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, told the Kenmore City Council the authority’s 2024 point-in-time report found a 26% increase in the number of people experiencing homelessness in King County between 2022 and 2024. The report, Rothwerk said, shows a persistent roughly 60/40 split between unsheltered people (those living outside, in vehicles or makeshift shelters) and those in emergency or transitional shelter programs.
The report matters because it provides a countywide, methodologically consistent count that officials and providers can use for planning and resource allocation. “The goal of putting together a very large report is for you all, policymakers, to use it in your strategic planning for local government about resource priorities and policies and initiatives,” Rothwerk said.
Rothwerk told council…
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