North Star

“It’s Not Good” A whistleblower who helped expose horrific living conditions inside the Downtown Emergency Service Center’s North Star building in Seattle says he’s now facing retaliation for speaking up. Alex says DESC staff threatened to take away his apartment after I spotlighted the free-for-all drug culture in permanent supportive housing. Mayor Wilson Sticks by DESC Despite the criticism of DESC and the Housing First model, socialist Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson says this provider will remain a critical part of her new approach to combating the city’s homeless drug crisis. Power, Politics, and Seattle’s Homelessness Machine DESC is one of the largest players in the region’s homeless industrial complex and has faced years of criticism for crime, chaos, and death Read More ›

The Reality of Low-Barrier Permanent Supportive Housing I spent several years following Alex through a constellation of taxpayer-funded homeless housing facilities in Seattle. He eventually settled in the Downtown Emergency Service Center’s North Star. DESC is the poster child for “Housing First” in WA. Politicians and far-left activists will also refer to this model as low barrier permanent supportive housing. Alex showed me what he does all day: After more than a decade of trying this failed public policy, the Trump administration is defunding “Housing First” and reallocating the money into treatment and recovery providers. The homeless industrial complex is shook and now fear mongering, claiming more people will be forced onto the streets. That’s a lie. In response, WA Read More ›