AWESOME: The downtrodden at Seattle's homeless encampments could soon get Internet access on top of other amenities such as portable toilets, electricity, and running water.
SEATTLE: The Seattle City Council has voted to approve a new city budget that includes money that could be used to provide Internet access at some of the city's dozens of homeless encampments.
A US$100,000 (RM335,025) funding item on the 2015 budget was dedicated to improving conditions at homeless camps, and included such things as portable toilets, electricity, running water, garbage collection, cooking facilities and Internet access.
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