King County Executive Dow Constantine announced Tuesday that the county has purchased a hotel in Seattle’s Uptown neighborhood and plans to buy more properties in the coming weeks to serve as permanent supportive housing for 1600 unhoused people by the end of next year.
The county purchased the Inn at Queen Anne on First Avenue, which it had been formerly leasing as supportive housing, for $16.5 million. The hotel includes 80 rooms and services provided by Catholic Community Services.
“In this one action we will permanently house more than one third of today’s chronically homeless residents,” Constantine said during his State of the County address. “Purchasing existing buildings means we
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