A Data-Driven Governance Test for Seattle: Transforming Homeless Services

Route Fifty: NEW YORK — There’s no way to sugarcoat the homelessness crisis impacting cities across the nation.

Seattle Mayor Ed Murray knows this first hand.

“We are suffering from a homelessness crisis that is growing exponentially,” Murray told a packed hotel ballroom near the World Trade Center on Tuesday, where 350 municipal leaders, data practitioners and other local government policy wonks from around the nation had gathered for What Works Cities 2017 Summit.

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