With costs mounting, some hotel shelters are at risk of closing
Hundreds of people in King County and Tacoma may soon need to vacate hotel rooms they’ve been living in for the past several months.
Last year, the Lived Experience Coalition, or LEC, moved hundreds of unsheltered people into these rooms through the help of a series of federal grants. But costs have risen, meaning funding needs to be found quickly to keep the rooms operating.
But as PubliCola’s Erica Barnett reports, the money quickly ran out. And the residents are now at risk of becoming unsheltered again.
Hear the full story by clicking "play" on the audio above, and you can read Barnett's reporting here.
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Libby Denkmann
Host, Soundside
Libby Denkmann joined KUOW in December 2021 as the host of the midday show Soundside. She’s a native Pacific Northwesterner who grew up in Redmond, graduated from the University of Washington, and covered local news as a producer and reporter with KIRO Radio.
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Alec Cowan
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Alec Cowan is a producer for Soundside. His interests have brought many eclectic stories to the program, and his segments gravitate toward history, technology, arts and culture, and the environment. He's proud to be KUOW's unofficial "boat guy."
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