SPOKANE, Wash. – Former Houston mayor, Anisse Parker will be in Spokane on Tuesday to speak on reducing homelessness. Parker was the mayor of Houston from 2010-2016. During her time in office, she created several initiatives for reducing homelessness and delivered on many. According to numbers from Houston, the city permanently housed 30,000 individuals over the past 10 years. That move reduced homelessness in the city by more than 60%.