Businesses get a win on head tax, but solution to Seattle homelessness crisis still elusive

Marvin Rosete, right, gets a signature last week to repeal the head tax from Stu Young, left, at the Wallingford Dicks Drive-In. âEURoeHow many times can I sign?âEUR joked Young. (Ken Lambert/The Seattle Times/TNS)

SEATTLE: The Seattle City Council's apparent reversal of the US$275 (RM1,098)-per-employee head tax would deliver a major victory to businesses whose political influence has waned in recent years, while blind-siding homelessness services providers by wiping away their biggest achievement. 

Leaders from both groups cautioned that while the homelessness response cannot slow down amid an ongoing emergency, the way forward was unclear and glimpses of common ground were fleeting.