62.50% - Most of Seattle's homeless population has local roots — treating the crisis as a magnet problem misidentifies both the cause and the solution.
22.50% - Many of Seattle's homeless are still working — in construction, service jobs, the gig economy — but can't afford housing on what they earn. They're local workers without a home.
15.00% - Get people out of the elements first — no one should be sleeping outside in this climate. Shelter before everything else.
Many of Seattle's unhoused have local family ties that make relocation impractical.
37.93% - Many of Seattle's homeless are still working — in construction, service jobs, the gig economy — but can't afford housing on what they earn. They're local workers without a home.
31.03% - Micro-shelter villages on vacant city lots are a faster path to dignity than waiting years for permanent housing.
31.03% - Most of Seattle's homeless population has local roots — treating the crisis as a magnet problem misidentifies both the cause and the solution.
50.00% - Many of Seattle's unhoused have local family ties that make relocation impractical.
50.00% - Seattle's unhoused often have family ties that would make relocating them not just inconvenient but often cruel.
0.00% - Many of Seattle’s unhoused have family ties locally that make leaving difficult.
50.00% - Blitzen Trapper
