During a mayoral debate, Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell stated that roughly 70% of the homeless population in Seattle did not originate from the region. “We have to also remember that homelessness in this country has gone up 18%. We have nearly a million people in this country. Homelessness in the state has gone up. Homelessness in the county has gone up,” Harrell said. “70% of the people that we are treating in Seattle who are homeless did not become unhoused within the city of Seattle.”

Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell and mayoral candidate Katie Wilson debated each other last Thursday over various Seattle-based topics, with the general election just one month away. Wilson earned nearly 51% of the vote in the August primary, compared to Harrell’s 43%.

Harrell claimed that, despite Seattle not

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