King County rescinds $1 million shelter funding offer from City of Burien in latest clash over homelessness

This is just the latest clash over homelessness between the City of Burien and King County.

BURIEN, Wash. — King County has officially rescinded an offer for $1 million in funding that was intended to be used for a pallet shelter by the City of Burien. 

In an email sent Thursday to Burien City Manager Adolfo Bailon, King County Deputy Executive Shannon Braddock notified that the funding will be reallocated to the King County Regional Homelessness Authority for their use in south King County, including addressing a county-owned property within Burien that city officials were requesting help with. 

Braddock noted that the funding has

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