Sound Stories. Sound Voices.
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
You are on the KUOW archive site. Click here to go to our current site.

What's The Point Of Counting The Homeless?

The Jungle: a green beltway east of Interstate 5 where dozens of homeless people live.
KUOW Photo/Gil Aegerter
The Jungle: a green beltway east of Interstate 5 where dozens of homeless people live.

Bill Radke speaks with Mark Putnam about the 2016 One Nigh Count. The One Night Count is designed to give King County a snapshot of how many people are unsheltered on our streets in a single night. Putnam is the director of All Home King County, the agency responsible for the count. 

Year started with KUOW: 1985 – 1986, 1991 – 2004, 2012
Year started with KUOW: 2015