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| King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski |
“Consistent with our joint call to wind down the KCRHA, we support Mayor Wilson and Executive Zahilay taking the first step by returning the bulk of the homeless service provider contracts to the City and the County.
"We stand ready to support their efforts and will work to ensure no interruption in services for our unhoused neighbors in need.
“While this is not a complete dissolution of the Regional Homelessness Authority that we may have called for, it is a major step in the right direction.
“We look forward to hearing more from the Mayor and the Executive on next steps and how the City and the County will continue to partner with stakeholders County-wide.
“While this is not a complete dissolution of the Regional Homelessness Authority that we may have called for, it is a major step in the right direction.
“This is a much-needed reset of how we manage our homelessness response. As recent reports have shown, the County’s unsheltered population continues to grow. We must now turn our efforts to assessing what changes are needed to make our response more effective.
"All options should be on the table. We can and must do better. Hard decisions lie ahead if we are serious about changing the trend lines on this challenge. We stand ready to make them.
“We look forward to hearing more from the Mayor and the Executive on next steps and how the City and the County will continue to partner with stakeholders County-wide.
"We believe today’s announcement is an important step in the right direction to ensure we are meeting the needs of those who are living unsheltered, while also ensuring accountability for our tax dollars.”
My only wish is that this didn't happen sooner. The regional housing authority while born with good intentions was doomed to fail with its two tier board of directors.
ReplyDeleteI hope something better comes of this with better results and real metrics to track success.
When initial KCRHA CEO Marc Dones first laid out his ‘vision’ for the organization back in 2020 it was obviously doomed to failure, but the warning signs were ignored by the hopeful progressives. That the Marxist/racist progressivism was at the heart of the problem is still being ignored and though getting rid of the KCRHA is certainly a step in the right direction, turning the reins over to uber-progressive Seattle and King County will yield just more of the same. Too bad, because while they dither people are dying in the streets.
ReplyDeleteToo bad we wasted 6 years and grew the problem before doing anything. Not much confidence that Seattle and King County will fare any better.
ReplyDeleteProductive change and law and order will prevail only when the City of Seattle and King County start to act responsibly towards the property owners, small and large business entrepreneurs and citizens who pay taxes to fund programs. Until now, the city and county have failed miserably. They have squandered our money and disrespected our right to peace and prosperity.
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