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Andrew Buncombe in Seattle

Unhoused Seattle man runs for mayor from a tent: ‘It’s a humanitarian crisis’

a person walking by another person sleeping on the sidewalk in front of a Rolex store
Downtown Seattle on 31 January 2022. Photograph: Ted S Warren/AP

Joe Molloy says he never planned to enter politics.

But after moving to Seattle and losing his job during the pandemic, a year ago he found himself evicted and living in a tent encampment. After losing his home, he learned the hard-scrabble skills of what was required to live on the streets from other homeless people, the location of free food banks, and which organisations offered showers and toilets.

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