There’s slightly more than a month before Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson and King County Executive Girmay Zahilay have to make a recommendation to their respective councils — to keep or to disband the King County Regional Homelessness Authority (KCRHA) that has been embattled with issues since its creation in 2021.
It comes as the agency’s $1 billion in spending has only resulted in more people experiencing homelessness, according to the most recent Point in Time Count.
The latest round of concerns comes from a forensic audit in April that found $4.26 million overspent, $8 million unaccounted for, and a gift card and purchasing card program that lacked controls or authorizations for spending…