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Regional Homelessness Authority: unsheltered count up 26% and HUD contract renewals pose funding risk
Summary
The King County Regional Homelessness Authority reported a 26% increase in the unsheltered point‑in‑time count from 2022 to 2024, described racial disparities, summarized KCRHA's 2025 budget and said Continuum of Care renewals and HUD grant language (citizenship verification) represent risk to housing programs and admin funding.
Kelly Kinison, chief executive officer of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, presented the agency’s 2025 priorities and system data to the Council on April 22 and said the PIT (point‑in‑time) report would be posted imminently.
"We need all the tools in our toolbox to address this problem," Kinison said, adding that KCRHA supports a range of shelter models from tiny‑house villages to low‑barrier congregate shelter to meet diverse needs.
Tim Thomas, KCRHA’s chief of research and data, previewed the PIT findings: a 26% increase in unsheltered homelessness from 2022 to 2024; roughly 9,692 people counted unsheltered and 7,058 sheltered, for more than 16,000…
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