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DESC in the News (2000-2006):

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2006

"Wet & Mild" - Seattle Weekly (September 5, 2006)

"Neighborhoods have cool welcome for the homeless" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (August 28, 2006)

"Don't rush homeless facility" - Opinion - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (August 8, 2006)

"Short Takes: Breaking Ground" [415 10th Ave] - Real Change News (August 2-8, 2006)

"Best of Seattle 2006: Best Social Experiment" [1811 Eastlake] - Seattle Weekly (August 2, 2006) - SCROLL DOWN

"415 10th Avenue Groundbreaking" - Mayor's Press Conference - The Seattle Channel (July 27, 2006)

"Homelessness in America: Homeless Alcoholics in Seattle Find a Home" - Morning Edition [National Public Radio] (July 19, 2006)
"Homeless Alcoholics Receive a Permanent Place to Live, and Drink" - New York Times (July 5, 2006)
Welcome committee welcomes homeless to their neighborhood - KING-5 News (June 12, 2006)

"Neighbors welcome housing project for mentally ill homeless people" - Seattle Times (June 12, 2006)

"City Inside/Out: Homeless Housing in SE Seattle" - Seattle Channel (June 9, 2006)

"Innovative Initiatives: King County and the City of Seattle aim for a humane and economically responsible solution to chronic inebriates" - United States Interagency Council on Homelessness e-newsletter (June 8, 2006)

"Public Housing"- Seattle Weekly (June 7, 2006)

"Housing project gets $2.6 million"- Seattle Times (June 3, 2006)

"City gives funding boost to Ten-Year Plan" - News Advisory from the City of Seattle (June 2, 2006)

"Homelessness" - Seattle Weekly (May 31, 2006)

"Welcome Wagon" and "Concerns in Columbia City" - Letters to the Editor - Seattle Weekly (May 24, 2006)

"Housing for homeless tests Columbia City's heart" - Opinion - Seattle Times (May 24, 2006)

"Housing facility should be welcomed" - Opinion - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (May 23, 2006)

"Emergency center provides housing all are entitled to" - Letter to the Editor - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (May 22, 2006)

"New homeless center in downtown Seattle" - KUOW 94.9 FM (May 18, 2006)

"DESC doesn't work with community" - Opinion - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (May 18, 2006)

"Downtown location best for housing mentally ill" - Opinion - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (May 18, 2006)

"The right spot? Community criticizes plans for homeless housing in Hillman City" - Beacon Hill News and South District Journal (May 17, 2006)

"Meeting basic needs of homeless is goal fo new downtown facility" - Seattle Times (May 17, 2006)

"One-stop center for homeless adults opens" - City of Seattle media release (May 17, 2006)

"Connections Grand Opening" - Mayor's Press Conference - The Seattle Channel (May 17, 2006)

"Housing, Human Services and Health Committee" - The Seattle Channel (May 16, 2006) [Bill Hobson, guest]

"Southeast Seattle" - The Stranger (May 11, 2006)

"Here Goes the Neighborhood" - Seattle Weekly (May 10, 2006)

"Homeless project sparks outrage" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (May 6, 2006)

"Readers react to housing chronic drunks" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (March 31, 2006)

"Latest 'solution' for public drunks is not all wet" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (March 27, 2006)

"Sobered By The Stupidity Of It All" Ken Schram Editorial, KOMO-TV 4 (March 23, 2006)

"Alcoholics' apartments generate many aid calls" - Seattle Times (March 23, 2006)

"Smoking Out the Homeless" - Seattle Weekly (January 25, 2006)

"It's Morning at the Morrison" - Seattle Weekly (January 11, 2006)

"MetLife picks best in affordable housing" Affordable Housing Finance (January 2006) pdf

2005

"75 hard-core alcoholics to be offered apartments" - Seattle Times (December 15, 2005)

"Housing program for chronic alcoholics allows drinking in rooms" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (December 15, 2005)

"Will it work? Millions for new service center at the Morrison - but not for shelter" Real Change (August 3, 2005)

"Best Helping Hand" Seattle Weekly's Best of Seattle 2005 - (August 3, 2005)

"Homelessness:Finding the right fit" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (March 2, 2005)

"Morrison Hotel to house homeless center" - Seattle Times (March 1, 2005)

"Homeless hygiene center heads for Pioneer Square hotel Despite opposition, City Council OKs $2.1 million plan" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (March 1, 2005)

"Mayor praises Council support of Downtown Service Center" - Mayor Gregory J. Nickels, Seattle (February 28, 2005)

"Council's homeless-services center option: cheaper, sooner, bigger" - Seattle Times (February 16, 2005)

"Hotel site supported for hygiene center" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (February 16, 2005)

"Morrison site on top" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (February 3, 2005)

2004

"Shelter ready for move to Queen Anne church" - Seattle Times (August 17, 2004)

"City of Seattle and church discuss shelter" - Seattle Times (July 28, 2004)

"Seattle church may take 50 homeless" - Seattle Times (July 14, 2004)
"Queen Anne homeless shelter upsets neighbors" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 13, 2004)

"Rookie cops see a gritty side of streets they're patrolling: Seattle officers spend time at shelters, outreach centers" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 3, 2004)

"Police recruits get look at lives of homeless" - Seattle Times (July 3, 2004)

"City eyes QA church building for new homeless shelter" - Queen Anne News (July 2, 2004)

"Give Them Shelter" - Seattle Weekly (May 5, 2004)

"DESC workers' bands will drum up aid for the homeless" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (April 30, 2004)

"Editorial: Time to abandon the 'wet' apartments" - Seattle Times (March 15, 2004)

"Lawsuit delay jeopardizes housing plan for alcoholics" - Seattle Times (March 12, 2004)

Media Release: Housing for homeless chronic alcoholics upheld by state's highest court (March 11, 2004)

"Inebriate center has some big foes" - Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce (February 4, 2004) [pdf of article]

"Editorial: The wrong haven for city's drunks" - Seattle Times (January 16, 2004)

2003

"Too Bad Stupidity is Legal" - Ken Schram Editorial, KOMO-TV 4 (October 7, 2003)

"Appellate court OKs building of apartments" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (October 7, 2003)

"Downtrodden Pioneer Square hotel ready to be spruced up: Homeless facility to be renovated" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (July 30, 2003)

"Seattle's efforts to help the homeless dwarf San Antonio's" - San Antonio Express-News (April 21, 2003)

"HEALTH CARE IN CRISIS: Street Asylum -- Budget cuts are leaving a homeless, mentally ill population with few options" - Seattle Weekly (February 26, 2003)

"State of the City Address 2003 - The Conversation with Ross Reynolds" - KUOW – 94.9 FM (February 3, 2003) [Bill Hobson, guest]

2002

"City construction displacing shelter, food programs" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (December 28, 2002)

"Subsidized housing seen as key to helping the chronically homeless" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (December 24, 2002)

"Commentary: Working together to house homeless" - Seattle Times (December 22, 2002)

"Give them a home? - Up Front with Robert Mak" - KING TV-5 (December 1, 2002) [Video clip requires RealPlayer.]

"Wintonia has proved a good neighbor" - Seattle Times (November 25, 2002)

"Opinion: Off street corners, but not off the alcohol" - Seattle Post- Intelligencer (November 22, 2002)

"Housing for alcoholics OK'd" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (November 21, 2002)

"Plan to build housing for homeless alcoholics is OK'd" - Seattle Times (November 21, 2002)

City of Seattle Hearing Examiner Decision - November 20, 2002

"A local view: Humane care of alcoholics makes sense" - The Columbian (Vancouver, WA - November 14, 2002)

"No Biggie - "Wet" housing saves money and lives" - Real Change News (October 31, 2002)

"Street Talk - Local reaction to housing for homeless alcoholics" - Real Change News (October 31, 2002)

"Opinion: Seattle says bottoms up to alcoholics" - The Columbian (Vancouver, WA - October 24, 2002)

"Downtown Seattle Association Supports Housing for Homeless Alcoholics" - DSA Press Release (October 17, 2002)

"Seattle Housing Project Targets Alcohol-Related Street Homelessness" - National Alliance to End Homelessness, Alliance Online News (October 18, 2002)

"Wrong time, place for alcoholic house" - Seattle Times Editorial (October 21, 2002)

"Housing for Street Drunks - The Conversation with Ross Reynolds" - KUOW – 94.9 FM (October 17, 2002)

"Eastlake Avenue housing for street alcoholics meets opposition" - Seattle Times (October 17, 2002)

"'Dumb', And 'REALLY Dumb'" - Ken Schram Editorial, KOMO-TV 4 (October 15, 2002)

"Room, Board, And Booze?" - KOMO-TV 4 (October 14, 2002)

"Apartments Being Built for Homeless Alcoholics" - KIRO-TV 7 (October 14, 2002)

"Street alcoholics will have government housing in Seattle" - KING-TV 5 (October 14, 2002)

"Seattle to build housing for street drunks" - Seattle Times (October 14, 2002)

DESC shelter counselor's diary - Slate (June 21, 2002)

"Sobriety won't be rule at new shelter" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (March 26, 2002)

2001

"Volunteers serve up holiday fare: Brunch for 400 at Boomtown" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (December 26, 2001)

"Nonprofit will take over Morrison Hotel" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer (September 28, 2001)

"Hobson's Choice" (Article on the Morrison Hotel) - Seattle Weekly (March 28, 2001)

"Idea of moving Morrison shelter dropped" - Seattle Times (January 26, 2001)

2000

"Emergency Operation - SHA Tries to Kick out Downtown Emergency Service Center"- Seattle Weekly (November 30, 2000)

"Proposal made for Morrison Hotel residents' move" - Seattle Times (November 18, 2000)

"Best Homeless Shelter" Seattle Weekly's Best of 2000 (July 26, 2000)