35.00% - Most of Seattle's homeless population has local roots — treating the crisis as a magnet problem misidentifies both the cause and the solution.
27.50% - Telling Seattle's unhoused to move somewhere cheaper ignores the family ties that bind people to a place — that's not a policy, it's indifference.
22.50% - If reallocation has been genuinely exhausted and the homelessness crisis persists, additional revenue is warranted — it costs more untreated than treated.
15.00% - Homelessness at this scale requires deliberate intervention — resources, accountability, and clear metrics — not indefinite tolerance.
Many of Seattle's unhoused work locally and cannot move without losing their employment.
55.00% - If reallocation has been genuinely exhausted and the homelessness crisis persists, additional revenue is warranted — it costs more untreated than treated.
45.00% - Telling Seattle's unhoused to move somewhere cheaper ignores the family ties that bind people to a place — that's not a policy, it's indifference.
50.00% - Many of Seattle's unhoused work locally and cannot move without losing their employment.
50.00% - Many of Seattle's unhoused work in gig, service, and construction jobs that require local presence.
0.00% - Many of Seattle’s unhoused have work locally that they need to be in close proximity to.
50.00% - Seattle
