You may not notice a difference when you drive around downtown Seattle, but the city is sure that it spent $54 million on its homeless crisis in 2017.

It breaks out as follows ($50 million):

Emergency – $24.8 million or 50%

Emergency shelters

Safe Havens

Day Centers

Hygiene Centers

Transitional Housing

Authorized Encampments

Outreach

Safe Parking

Permanent Housing Support – $16.8 million or 34%

Permanent Supportive Housing

Transition in Place

Rapid Re-Housing

Prevention to keep people in homes – $4.2 million or 9%

Eviction Prevention

Diversion

Services – $3.3 million or 7%

Services for people experiencing homelessness

Meal programs

CDBG capital repair projects

The city said $50 million was the budgeted amount, but actual spending for the Human Services Department was $54 million.