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LIHI is rooted in a commitment to advocacy for low-income and homeless people. LIHI's early emphases were providing advocacy and technical assistance to promote the interests of low-income and homeless people. LIHI worked to support the efforts of homeless individuals who established an emergency shelter in a "bus barn" at the Seattle Center in ...
The Women's University Club of Seattle (WUC) is a social club for women located at 1105 Sixth Avenue in Seattle, Washington. [2] Founded in 1914 by Edith Backus, the club was a hub for college-educated women. It started with 276 members. [3] The club's building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 10, 2009. [4] [5]
Seattle Housing Authority is an independent public corporation in the city of Seattle, Washington, responsible for public housing for low-income, elderly, and disabled residents. SHA serves more than 25,500 people, just under a third of whom are children, through around 5,200 HUD units, 1,000 units for the elderly and disabled, and 800 ...
A new survey from the National Council on Aging and the Women’s Institute for a Secure Retirement has found that over 70% of low-income women “say they are not confident about their ability to ...
The latest report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that the economy continues to shed jobs in high numbers. Whether you've lost your job already or are understandably worried about that ...
In a survey conducted in 2019, 84% of homeless people in Seattle/King County lived in Seattle/King County prior to losing their housing, 11% lived in another county in Washington prior to losing their housing, and 5% lived out of state prior to losing their housing. [2] Homelessness in Seattle is considered to be a crisis. [3]
“When we first started out, it just kinda was built into the way we were doing things,” Gossard tells SPIN of ’90s-era experiences such as free concerts for fans in local Seattle parks ...
FareStart originally started as a for-profit provider of meals to homeless shelters under the name Common Meals, but became a non-profit in 1992. [2] Common Meals was established in 1988 by David Lee.