HAVING a decent and affordable home is a fundamental human need. For many Washington residents, the cost of housing is a real crisis. And many among us don’t have a home at all.
More than 30,000 children are without a permanent home. About 30 percent of people leaving our state hospitals experience homelessness within a year. And thousands of homeless individuals and families still live on the streets.
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray knows this, which is why he formed the Housing Affordability and Livability Advisory (HALA) Committee and set a goal of creating 20,000 new affordable housing units in the city.