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Seattle could learn from Albuquerque's pilot program that works to make solving the homeless issue more simple. (AP) A man walks past a city-sanctioned homeless encampment of micro-homes and tents in front of apartments and condos in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) A man sits with his dog near downtown Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Seattle's struggle to respond to homelessness illustrates how challenging the issue is, particularly in one of the fastest-growing U.S. cities, in an area that is simultaneously dealing with skyrocketing rents, a heroin epidemic and declining federal housing support. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Elizabeth Nelson, left, sits with Paul Bultman as the two talk about living in tents under raised blue tarps in a city-sanctioned homeless encampment in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Mayor Ed Murray has committed millions more dollars to expand shelter beds and social services. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Desiree Hoffman, left, takes in a donation at a city-sanctioned homeless encampment, from a woman who lives in a nearby neighborhood in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Seattle voters have agreed to tax themselves four separate times since 1986 to pay for affordable housing. The mayor recently proposed raising another $290 million with another housing levy on the November ballot. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Joshua Madrid hugs his dog, Cheese, as Loki lies next to them in Madrid's bus, parked in a temporary city-approved area for people living in their vehicles in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Seattle has the third-highest number of homeless people in the U.S. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Aaron Benedict Morman wakes up in a nest of sleeping bags and a foam pad beneath a viaduct as traffic passes near him in Seattle. Morman said that he's been homeless for over 30 years, the last two in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) A cardboard shelter sits under a footbridge near Puget Sound in Seattle on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Seattle voters have agreed to tax themselves four separate times since 1986 to pay for affordable housing. The mayor recently proposed raising another $290 million with another housing levy on the November ballot. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Seattle Human Services Department Division Director Sola Plumacher, left, talks with Clayton Lewis, a resident in a temporary city-approved parking area for people living in their vehicles, in Seattle on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Seattle voters have agreed to tax themselves four separate times since 1986 to pay for affordable housing. The mayor recently proposed raising another $290 million with another housing levy on the November ballot. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Danny Fletcher, left, calls to his dogs as Joshua Madrid looks on in an old bus they share with three dogs in a temporary city-approved parking area for people living in their vehicles in Seattle. Fletcher, 32, who sleeps in his car at night, prefers the quiet of the parking zone to the harassment he faced in other parts of the city. "We just want a safe place. Give us a safe place to park where neighbors won't harass us," he said. "We're homeless. We're not diseased." (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Harold McDuffie II, who says he has been homeless for three years, lies in a sleeping bag on a pedestrian bridge leading to the ferry dock in downtown Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Ten years ago, a coalition of leaders came up with a plan to end homelessness by 2015. In that time, the city and county built more than 6,300 housing units and helped nearly 40,000 people find homes. Yet the number of homeless people has continued to climb. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Even as homelessness declined slightly nationwide in 2015, it increased in urban areas, including Seattle, New York and Los Angeles. (AP Photo) City officials in Seattle say they will no longer use state corrections crews for homeless encampment cleanups after the city’s Human Rights Commission raised concerns over the use of prison labor. (AP) Clothing hangs from the handrail of stairs near the baseball stadium at a small homeless encampment in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Mayor Ed Murray has committed millions of dollars to expand shelter beds and social services. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Todd Herman feels for the kids with inadequate shelter from the long, cold nights in Seattle. (AP file) A small homeless encampment sits in view of overpasses and the baseball and football stadiums in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Seattle voters have agreed to tax themselves four separate times since 1986 to pay for affordable housing. The mayor recently proposed raising another $290 million with another housing levy on the November ballot. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Dennis Berg secures a tarp over his 28-foot trailer parked in a temporary city-approved parking area for people living in their vehicles in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Seattle has the third-highest number of homeless people in the U.S. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Jerald Weaver serves himself lunch at a grill at a city-sanctioned homeless encampment in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Cities such as Seattle and Portland are trying new low-cost solutions such as the authorized homeless camps. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Danny Fletcher, left, and Joshua Madrid stand in the doorway of a bus they share with three dogs in a temporary city-approved parking area for people living in their vehicles in Seattle. Fletcher, 32, who sleeps in his car at night, prefers the quiet of the parking zone to the harassment he faced in other parts of the city. "We just want a safe place. Give us a safe place to park where neighbors won't harass us," he said. "We're homeless. We're not diseased." (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Joshua Madrid hauls garbage to a bin at a temporary city-approved parking area for people living in their vehicles in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. The city is taking steps to offer the homeless cleaner, safer places to stay. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) Experts told the city council that there is enough resources to address the Seattle homeless crisis if the city focused its efforts. (AP) A tent and debris are shown next to the Interstate 5 freeway in downtown Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Some Seattle residents complain the city isn't acting fast enough to address the crime, drug use, garbage and other problems associated with unauthorized encampments. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A tent lies under a bridge over the Interstate 5 freeway in Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Even as homelessness declined slightly nationwide in 2015, it increased in urban areas, including Seattle, New York and Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Billy Meyer, who said he has been homeless in both Portland, Ore., and Seattle in the past year, holds a cardboard sign asking for help near a pedestrian bridge leading to the ferry dock in downtown Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A makeshift shelter sits next to the Interstate 5 freeway in downtown Seattle on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016. Seattle has the third-highest number of homeless people in the U.S. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) A woman walks a child past people asleep under Interstate 5 near downtown Seattle on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2016. Even as homelessness declined slightly nationwide in 2015, it increased in urban areas, including Seattle, New York and Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Photo essay: Homeless people living on the streets of Seattle