(The Center Square) – The latest count of unhoused people living in King County reveals that homelessness in the region is at an all-time high.

The King County Regional Homelessness Authority conducted both an unsheltered and sheltered point-in-time, or PIT, count in January, with results showing 16,385 people experiencing homelessness in King County.

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