What Else Can We Learn from that Chamber of Commerce Report About Homelessness Spending?

by Heidi GrooverKing County needs affordable housing—a lot of it. blackestockphoto/getty
In the heat of the debate over a new tax on large businesses to fund housing and homelessness services, the Seattle Times covered a new report that showed just how great the financial need for the crisis is. The answer: $400 million a year, or about double what Seattle and King County currently spend.
While a consulting firm wrote the report, it was affiliated with the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of C