The director of the King County Regional Homelessness Authority, Dr. Kelly Kinnison, announced she has submitted her letter of resignation during Friday’s Governing Board Meeting. Kinnison says her resignation is effective November 16.
“When I was hired in 2024, I was asked to assess and rebuild a young organization that had significant challenges,” Kinnison told the board. “I’m proud of what I’ve achieved, including surfacing structural issues in our finance department and contributing to the path forward for a more accountable homelessness response system.”
Kinnison’s resignation comes after months of financial challenges for the Authority that oversees homelessness response and services across King County and Seattle, including $8 million that was missing and a deficit that was originally thought to be $4.26 million, but a report in October showed had grown to more than $16 million…