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Seattle Paid for Shelter Beds that It Left Vacant Despite a Massive Need for Housing
Seattle kept paying $4,200 monthly per empty shelter room after pausing placements amid budget concerns despite 87% average shelter occupancy last year, officials said.
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Seattle paid for shelter beds that it left vacant despite a massive need for housing
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
·Seattle, United States
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Seattle Spent Millions on Hotel Rooms to Shelter Unhoused People. Then It Stopped Filling Them.
Early last year, the city signed a $2.7 million lease extension to continue using a hotel’s rooms as shelter space. Yet despite committing to pay the rent, the city stopped sending people there.
·New York, United States
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