Seattle Mayor Scales Back Homeless Shelter Plan

Seattle mayor scales back homeless shelter plan

(The Center Square) - Mayor Katie Wilson has walked back a campaign promise to provide indoor shelter for all of Seattle's homeless residents. Wilson, in a press release, is citing budget limitations and bureaucratic challenges as reasons why her original plan in March to add [...]

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.

Wilson walks back big Seattle shelter promise, but says new plan meets the crisis

While cutting her campaign pledge in half, Wilson said she doesn't regret drawing attention to Seattle's homelessness crisis by putting big numbers out there.

Seattle mayor U-turns on promise to get homeless off the streets

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson, 44, announced on Monday that her plan to help the homeless off the city's streets would be cut in half after her ambitious campaign promised 1,000 beds per year.