Amazon Plans to Donate $8 Million to Two Homelessness Groups
- Last year company backed repeal of tax to help the homeless
- The cost of living in Seattle has surged amid the tech boom
Makeshift tent encampments sit under a highway in Seattle, Washington on June 5, 2019.
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Amazon.com Inc. plans to donate $8 million to two nonprofit groups working on homelessness and affordable housing in Seattle and Arlington County, Virginia.
Seattle’s largest employer has long been a target of activists there who contend the company didn’t do its part to help the city moderate a surge in the cost of living amid the tech boom.