SEATTLE — The City of Seattle has spent a billion dollars on homelessness in more than a decade, and the number of unsheltered people continues to rise.
The City of Seattle’s Budget Office provided the adopted budget amount dating back to 2013 to KOMO News, which includes the amount spent on Human Services Department (HSD) contracts, and the citywide spending on the department, including labor costs.
It adds up to nearly a billion dollars in the 11-year-span.
