(Stephen Norman is Executive Director of the King County Housing Authority and a member of the Building Changes Board of Directors. He delivered the following remarks to the Governing Board of King County's Committee to End Homelessness (CEH) on February 20, 2009.)

Homelessness is a complex issue with many causes and no simple fix. Any successful local approach, however, must address the interconnected issues of housing supply, housing affordability and the availability and coordination of supportive services. I have been asked to focus today on the role that Federal housing subsidies play in addressing these issues.

Collectively, the King County Housing Authority (KCHA) and Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) administer 23,500 units of federally assisted housing - 7,800 units of public

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