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Madison Valley Resident and Advocate Speaks Out About Impacts of Low-Barrier Housing

Jonathan Choe
April 29, 2026
Community Impact, Governance, Housing, Street Report
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A Familiar Pattern

A Chicago-based non-profit called CommonSpirit now controls Virginia Mason Franciscan Health’s Bailey-Boushay House.

The controversial taxpayer-funded homeless shelter is being blamed for a spike in crime, drug use, and disorder in Seattle’s Madison Valley.

The embattled King County Regional Homelessness Authority is supposed to hold them accountable but has failed to do so.

My colleague Marsha Michaelis and I are taking a closer look at the way “low barrier” facilities are destroying communities in WA.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.