Rows of small houses cover the neighborhood of Beacon Hill in Seattle.
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A ballot initiative filed this week by a housing and homeless advocacy coalition would create a public developer that would build, own and maintain public housing in Seattle.
That coalition, called “House our Neighbors,” formed in opposition to Charter 29. That charter, known as “Compassion Seattle,” would have required the city to build 2,000 homeless shelters within a year, and keep parks and sidewalks clear of encampments.
“We opposed the Compassion Seattle Charter Amendment because it failed to address any of the root cause issues that
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