Associated Press
SEATTLE — Point-in-time counts found 7.3 percent more homeless people in Washington state this year than in 2015.
The Seattle Times reported that according to a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development report released Thursday there were 1,408 more people sleeping outside an in shelters.
The increase is the second-largest in the country, falling only behind California. In all, there were 20,827 homeless people counted in Washington.
Homelessness has grown in the Seattle-King County area while it has dropped in Everett-Snohomish County, Tacoma-Pierce County, Spokane, Yakima, Vancouver-Clark County and the rest of Washington.
Overall 13 states saw increases from 2015 to 2016. In seven, including Washington, at least half of the people counted were sleeping without shelter.
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