App-based workers providing services full-time or part-time in Seattle will be eligible for paid leave for doctor’s appointments, recovery from an illness or injury, preventative care, care of a family member or...
“Transit systems, no matter how ideally conceived, cannot be lines drawn on a map without consideration of the people beneath those lines,” said Christina Shimizu, Puget Sound Sage executive director, at Thursday’s...
With the end of the city’s emergency order last October, those temporary benefits are set to expire on April 30. The council is considering making those benefits permanent and giving them to...
“Out here, a cigarette is a powerful tool,” said Trahan, who’s met the woman a few times before and says she’s often on the verge of “crisis mode.”It’s a cold February evening,...
Initiative 135 is on the ballot for Seattle’s Feb. 14 special election.Social housing, in the vision of the I-135 campaign, is affordable housing that serves a broad range of incomes within each...
Morales has made safety, affordability and “neighborhood vibrancy” centerpieces of her bid. She wants her district to be safe from traffic violence, safe from gun violence and filled with affordable housing and...
At its core, Washington’s homelessness crisis stems from a lack of housing people can afford. Even though the state minimum wage is one of the highest in the nation, there is essentially...
A new survey by the Puget Sound Regional Council and the Washington Department of Commerce found housing costs and homelessness are state residents’ top two issues. Seventy-seven percent of people said rent...
