Seattle weighs differing approaches to homeless crisis in wake of pandemic A homeless camp in South Lake Union. (Jason Rantz, KTTH) The new CEO of the King County Regional Homeless Authority, Marc Dones, has said that they don’t believe in large congregate shelters, and that they think this is a problem that needs to be solved 10 or 15 people at a time. There appears to be a different approach applied by the Compassion Seattle initiative, which seeks force the city to fund housing for the homeless and clear encampments out of city parks, sidewalks, streets and all other public areas.