Salvation Army to run 200 winter homeless shelter beds
Ahead of winter shelters opening across Portland, city and county leaders announced Thursday that the Salvation Army will run the shelters and will offer 200 overnight beds.
City, county partnering with The Salvation Army to open 200 overnight winter shelter beds
Mayor Keith Wilson is doubling down on his commitment to provide shelter for every homeless person in Portland by the end of the year.On Thursday, Wilson and Mu
Tacoma could lose 379 homeless-shelter beds in 2025 unless state comes through with cash
We are greatly concerned about the ability to provide for this very vulnerable population,” a city official told The News Tribune.
Tacoma faces closure of over 300 homeless shelter beds by 2025 amid budget woes
Tacoma city leaders said ongoing budgetary problems could lead to the closure of more than 300 homeless shelter beds in 2025.
Tacoma could lose 379 homeless shelter beds without state funding
The nearly 400 beds set to disappear in 2025 represents a “significant” portion of the city’s roughly 900 shelter beds, Tacoma's deputy city manager said.
Salvation Army sites in downtown, North Portland will house city’s 200 new shelter beds
On day two of his term as Portland’s mayor, Keith Wilson joined Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson to announce the locations for the 200 new shelter beds they pledged to open as early as next week.
Beds, blankets, hot food: KC-area homeless advocates ready for ‘snow apocalypse’
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Utahns will get to weigh in on massive new homeless shelter but only after state selects a site
The state office tasked with tackling Utah’s homelessness crisis insists the process for setting up a new 1,200-bed shelter ...
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Anti-homeless camping bans marked by procedural pitfalls and counterproductive criminalizing
Well before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal court ruling that prevented cities from punishing unhoused people ...
Tacoma's shelter bed shortage looms as leaders seek state funding to avert crisis
City leaders said the shelters at risk of closing only had temporary or one-time funding. Now, the need for beds is still ...
Homeless families increase as migrants did. So why not in King County?
Federal officials connected record homelessness numbers in 2024 to the nation’s migrant crisis, pointing to a nearly 40% surge in family homelessness. Not so locally.
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$426K grant to put SouthCoast homeless in Dartmouth motels: How the money will be spent
will bolster efforts to find overflow beds for the city’s homeless during winter months. The grant will be used to rent rooms at motels along Route 6 in Dartmouth, with $144,230 used to rent ...
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New high-capacity homeless shelter will have pros and cons, state homeless coordinator says
A new, high-capacity homeless shelter is coming, but some worry it may run into the same problems that have plagued past ...
Bay Area homeless population rose to a record 38,891 people in 2024
The Bay Area’s homeless population grew 6% to an estimated 38,891 people in 2024, according to new federal data, extending a decade-long surge fueled by the housing affordability crisis, and drug and ...