A dozen west Vancouver residents pleaded with the city council on Monday to clear a homeless encampment along West Mill Plain Boulevard. Read more… Source:…
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Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for homeless shelter
By The Citizen on October 25, 2024
Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for a 150-bed homelessness shelter after all. Read more… Source: The Columbian
‘We will never arrest our way out of homelessness’: Vancouver panel discusses criminalization
By The Citizen on October 25, 2024
The Portland attorney who took a landmark case on homelessness to the U.S. Supreme Court calls fining people for sleeping outside “the leaf-blower approach.” Read…
‘We need a miracle’: Senior residents trying to buy their east Vancouver mobile home park
By The Citizen on October 18, 2024
Marlene and Richard Stanley moved into their home 44 years ago — a yellow manufactured house with a lush garden. Over the years, they invested…
Clark County saw slight drop in homeless population in 2023, says Council for the Homeless
By The Citizen on October 11, 2024
The number of homeless people in Clark County dropped for the first time since at least 2018, the year the Council for the Homeless first…
Vancouver tiny home community ready to welcome families struggling with housing and homelessness
By The Citizen on October 11, 2024
Community Roots Collaborative has begun welcoming families to its latest housing project, seven small cottages for people moving off the streets. Read more… Source: The…
‘There’s nowhere for her to go’: Advocates say lack of shelter, safe housing fuel domestic violence in Washington
By The Citizen on October 9, 2024
Kathleen Stevens recently took a phone call from a woman in Vancouver who believed her abuser would kill her that night. She’s terrified for her…
Flood damage means Vancouver church won’t be able to house the homeless this winter
By The Citizen on October 8, 2024
After a flood in April, Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church’s building in east Vancouver is unusable, according to its pastor. The church is looking for another…
‘It’s not a safe place for us’: Homeless camp along Mill Plain sound wall sparks fear, anger in neighbors
By The Citizen on September 14, 2024
Marina Vile always dreamed of owning a home, especially after experiencing homelessness briefly as a child. At 28, she purchased a blue house with a…
Warming fire gets out of control in Hazel Dell homeless camp
By The Citizen on September 13, 2024
Kristy Salt woke up Friday to the sound of wood crackling nearby and a loud boom. Next came the heat. A fire raced through her…