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Five major U.S. cities and the state of California will receive federal help to get unsheltered residents into permanent housing. The plan was launched Thursday and is part of the Biden administration’s larger goal to reduce homelessness 25% by 2025.
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Appointed in 2021, Marc Dones is the first CEO of the new government body, which oversees federal and local funds for homelessness.
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Seattle City Councilmembers voted Tuesday to cap the fees landlords charge a tenant for being late on rent at $10 per month.
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Federal rules force many families to sleep in cars, shelters and on the street before they can get housing assistance, but an unusual Washington State program takes a different approach.
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Cooling in the real estate market means less funds for homeless services, which in turn may leave many counties with holes in their homeless budgets.
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Local officials around the country are preparing to tally how many people are experiencing homelessness in their cities. But critics have long raised concerns that Point-In-Time counts can lead to undercounting the actual population without stable housing.
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Oregon's newly sworn-in Democratic Gov. Tina Kotek signed three executive orders to tackle the state's housing and homelessness crises on her first full day in office Tuesday.
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Camp residents, as well as Jewels Helping Hands and Disability Rights Washington, which are also suing, say clearing the camp is unconstitutional, and discriminates against people with disabilities, according to the lawsuit.
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The Tacoma City Council has created penalties for unsheltered people who sleep or store property outside sanctioned encampments. The ban covers a 10-block radius around all six of those sites around the city.
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A report card released Monday shows Vancouver’s first “Safe Stay Community,” which provides shed-like housing units and around-the-clock case managers, housed 14 of its 46 residents – a roughly 30% rate – in its first six months.