Costs mount to stabilize struggling King County Regional Homeless Authority

(The Center Square) – The City of Seattle and King County are jointly allocating $900,000 to stabilize the troubled finances of the King County Regional Homeless Authority for the next half year as the future of the agency hangs in the balance.

The contribution will be to hire an accounting team for the agency through the end of 2026, said Seferiana Day Hasegawa, a spokeswoman for Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson in an email to The Center Square.

Hasegawa didn’t offer specifics on how soon a team could be put in place, but the job could be short-term.

Both the Seattle mayor and King County have until Aug. 1 to decide whether to repair or dissolve the agency, which was the subject of a critical April audit that found millions of dollars missing.

Back on June 9, King County Executive Girmay Zahilay and Wilson said they wanted the team of inde...