Growing encampments have sprung up across city parks and fields in Seattle the past year. The homeless population in Washington State rose in 2020 by more than six per cent - or about three times the national average, recent data said. Between 2019 and 2020, Washington saw one of the largest increases in homelessness in the country with an overall increase of 6.2%, the Seattle Times reported. The homeless population across the U.S. grew by more than 2%. In March, the US Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a report which found that Washington state experienced one of the largest estimated increases in homelessness between 2019 and 2020 relative to other states.
Washington State has experienced one of the least pronounced increases in homelessness according to the congressmen.
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