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Seattle's History of Homelessness and Healthcare
Seattle's History of Homelessness and Healthcare
4/15/202259:04

The Seattle Times' Project Homeless Engagement Editor Anna Patrick hosted local author and nurse practitioner Josephine Ensign about her recent book 'Skid Road: On the Frontier of Health and Homelessness in an American City.' In the conversation, Ensign examines Seattle’s current homelessness crisis and how we got here by focusing on the city's history of homelessness and health care over the last 160 years.

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