homelessness

Behind wooden and chain-linked fencing in South Tacoma, 60 brightly painted tiny homes stand in neat rows on a gravel lot. This is the home of Kingfisher Village, which opened at the end of July, is the newest tiny home community that the nonprofit, Low Income Housing Institute, has established in the city.

Family Promise of the Palouse, a homeless organization focused on families, moved its operations into a former Washington State University fraternity house.

More than three-quarters of Washington’s 42,000 homeless students aren’t sleeping outside or in shelters. They're on someone’s couch, staying temporarily with friends, relatives, or acquaintances, often without a room or a bed of their own. It's a situation known as being "doubled-up."

Celina McKenney has bills to pay, and a lot of people rely on her to pay them. As co-executive of Share and Care House, a nonprofit in Pierce County that provides permanent supportive housing to over 140 people, McKenney oversees the money coming in and going out. One of the many things her organization does is pay for clients’ leases.

Walla Walla County has found permanent housing for 74% of the people who exited its homeless services system. That's data from the last fiscal year, according to the Washington Department of Commerce. And it's nearly twice the rate of the state as a whole.

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Sojourners' Alliance, una organización sin ánimo de lucro de Moscow, Idaho, ofrece viviendas de transición, refugios y recursos a los habitantes de la zona.

Sojourners' Alliance, a nonprofit organization in Moscow, Idaho, provides transitional housing, shelters and resources for people in the area. The nonprofit participated in a lived experience panel last week, which allowed individuals who have been homeless to share their insights.