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Supreme Court decision may affect city policy, but until it does, unhoused residents and advocates say they’re busy with day-to-day challenges

Unhoused residents in Clarkston, Washington, are waiting to hear from the city. On March 7th, the attorney representing them requested modifications to an ordinance limiting where and for how long homeless people can camp.

It’s been cold and wet the past few weeks in Tacoma. That’s had an impact on the residents of Tacoma’s new temporary tent-shelter mitigation site, Forging Paths, off of 35th and Pacific Avenue. A resident at the site, who preferred to go by his first name Cash for privacy reasons, said one downside of living at the site has been a lack of preparation and foresight for how the weather would impact the tents.

CHAS Staff Say Unhoused Patients Need More Affordable Housing, Mental Health Services

Local Health Care Provider Says Rate Of Homeless Patients Increased During Pandemic

The Tri-Cities Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Department of Humans Services are coordinating to do the Annual Point in Time count this Thursday. Point-In-Time counts inform the agencies on how many individual homeless people are living in our community.

The city of Portland will not change how it enforces its anti-camping law, following a sweeping opinion by a federal appeals court on Tuesday that similar rules might violate the constitutional rights of homeless citizens.