I heard that in typical times we have one laying hen for every American. Some 300M. It’s out of balance now, some of us have lost our chickens. But don’t worry, they will come back. Ultimately, each can rest at night knowing there is a hen out there laying for us.

This is an incredible and very brave article.

Great article. Seattle has huge amounts of funding for housing. A few years ago we built an “affordable high rise” (there is no such thing). But we have basically opened no net new shelters, leading to an inhumane lack of progress for the neediest.

Boarding a train for our return trip. Two weeks driving means two hours on the train back.

Tho RENFE does the stupid Amtrak thing of making you wait in the terminal until the train arrives, then security checks. 15 late so far.

I really liked Greg Kim's article today in the times-https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/seattle-overhauled-its-homeless-shelters-did-it-work/

A few of my takeaways from the article:

While this building appears to be particularly poorly managed, the broader context is that it is very difficult to operate affordable and market rate housing together. It’s entirely possible that the owner is spending more to maintain the affordable side even tho outcomes are worse.

Reading Rep Gregorson’s right-to-live-outdoors bill and I find it very depressing. Such policy would be every bit as ineffective at addressing homelessness as the other extreme of sweeps.

www.scribd.com/document/794...

Many voters and policy makers don’t understand that even when affordable housing is operated by a “non profit”, it still must turn a profit to be viable. And it needs to collect rent to be profitable.

www.seattletimes.com/opinion/seat...