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00000181-fa79-da89-a38d-fb7f2ae90001March 2015 marks the anniversary of a bold promise: King County's 10-year plan to end homelessness. The Committee To End Homelessness, which created the plan, has been working to revise its strategy now that the 10-year plan is ending and local homelessness is worse than ever.Talk of ending homelessness is being replaced with less-lofty aspirations: making homelessness rare and brief when it does occur.This series is a collaboration with InvestigateWest and is edited by KUOW's Carol Smith. Join the conversation on Twitter using #NoEndInSight.

Homeless Camp Evictions On The Rise In Seattle

A Seattle homeless camp's eviction notice, taken in January 2015.
KUOW Photo/John Ryan
A Seattle homeless camp's eviction notice, taken in January 2015.

Jeannie Yandel talks to Jason Johnson, deputy director of Seattle's Department of Human Services, about the rise in city 'clean ups' of unauthorized homeless tent encampments on public lands.