-
KNKX reporter Will James tracked down some of former residents of Tacoma's Merkle Hotel to see where they are now, and it created a picture of the forces driving homelessness in the region and their effect on people’s lives. His three-part series aired last week. He sat down with Morning Edition host Kirsten Kendrick to talk about it.
-
Throughout the history of residential hotels like the Merkle, there's been a push and pull between concerns about the buildings’ safety and living conditions and the critical role they played in housing markets.
-
The surviving tenants of the former Merkle Hotel and their advocates say that what happened after the building's closure points to a gaping mismatch between the help that was available to people facing homelessness and the realities of Tacoma’s modern housing market.
-
The fates of the Tacoma building's tenants paint a picture of how homelessness happens.
-
One of the main ways affordable housing gets built in this country is through federal tax credits. The Low Income Housing Tax Credit, which was passed by…
-
Tucked away behind a mix of single-family homes and new apartments, close to the Renton Highlands Library and transit lines, is Willowcrest Townhomes, a…
-
Residents of a Tacoma RV park say they’re fighting an order by their landlord to leave the property.People living at the River Lane RV Park, also known as…
-
Thanks in part to gifts from companies such as Amazon and Microsoft, Seattle-based Plymouth Housing is on its way to raising millions of dollars for…
-
The Seattle City Council voted Monday to extend temporay protections for the Showbox theater for another six months. Council members also unanimously…
-
Residents of the Firs Mobile Home Park in SeaTac have reached a settlement with the park owner, who wants to redevelop the land. For nearly three years,…