Re: “Why the homeless rely continues, even with accuracy doubtful” [Feb. 7, A1]:
The article on the Level-in-Time rely is provocative. King County is only one of all of the Washington state counties required to do that, and it’s equally pointless in every single place.
Though I commend the folks doing it (their intentions are good), this monumental effort yr after yr solely produces woefully inaccurate statistics. Homeless of us are sometimes suspicious of such inquiries. Even when a charity (comparable to one which I run) gives important help, they could give false names, false places, false telephone numbers. Many are afraid of being displaced from their encampments; some are hiding from regulation enforcement, some from households, some from abusers; and a few undergo from paranoia. For the rely, it’s extremely unlikely that many will come out to be counted. There are different methods to succeed in them.
Funds spent on the Level-in-Time rely needs to be used as a substitute for packages that really profit the folks in query.
Laurie Riley, Port Townsend
