In other news, the mayor of New York "increased spending on homeless services by about 60% since he took office nearly three years ago, reaching a historic $1.6

In other news, the mayor of New York "increased spending on homeless services by about 60% since he took office nearly three years ago, reaching a historic $1.6 billion this year." [1] Despite (or because?) of the increase in spending in homeless services in NYC, the number of homeless has increased significantly close to a high of around 76k on a single night in 2017 [2] Is the Seattle plan [3] somehow different (aside from the dollar amount) from that of New York? [1] https://www.wsj.com/articles/nycs-homeless-spending-surges-to-1-6-billion-1479676408 https://www.wsj.com/articles/nycs-homeless-spending-surges-t... [2] https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/nyc-homeless-population-grew-4-year-data-show https://patch.com/new-york/new-york-city/nyc-homeless-popula... [3] https://3y7tq440s8xk37pci616zkly-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/Resolution-31810-Spending-Plan-V6.pdf https://3y7tq440s8xk37pci616zkly-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-...