Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by tired-turtle 27 days ago
> And the number of people in tent encampments has dropped dramatically, it's become rare and short lived in most of the city.

Do you have any data to support this claim?

1 comments

Lots. https://harrell.seattle.gov/2024/12/03/one-seattle-homelessn...

From over 700 tents in 22 to under 200 by the end of 24.

Removals, regardless of how you feel about whether this is good policy, are continuing unabated when reported: https://www.kuow.org/stories/is-seattle-sweeping-more-homele...

The last link in my comment above is about 2026.

What you've linked to is a very different measurement than tent encampments, so it's hard to compare them. Tents are still way down.