Seattle Mayor Wilson cuts homeless shelter promise in half, blames $175M budget deficit

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson promised 1,000 new shelter beds a year. On Monday, she released a plan that cuts that promise in half.

Under the plan, the city would add 960 beds over the next two years.

In announcing the Seattle homeless shelter proposal, Wilson pointed to “an inherited $175 million budget deficit.”…

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