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Columbian Social Services, Demographics, Faith

A view if the First Street Apartments in east Vancouver Wednesday September 23, 2015. The event, hosted by the VHA showcased the new affordable housing complex, a testament to how hungry people are for affordable housing.

New affordable apartments rent out quickly

A view if the First Street Apartments in east Vancouver Wednesday September 23, 2015. The event, hosted by the VHA showcased the new affordable housing complex, a testament to how hungry people are for affordable housing.

September 23, 2015, 6:34pm Clark County News

When the Vancouver Housing Authority was making the budget for 1st Street Apartments in east Vancouver, the agency projected it would take 14 months to rent out all 152 units. It took 2.5 months. Read story

Courtyard Village Apartments residents on Dec. 10 started cleaning up the grounds and removing everything that had been left outside, including personal possessions such as a barbecue grill, after residents were given notice to vacate. The Vancouver City Council unanimously approved three ordinances Monday night designed to protect vulnerable, low-income renters. The ordinances will give renters more time to find new housing when told to vacate or told that rent is increasing, and would prevent landlords from refusing to rent to people based on their source of income.

City council approves housing ordinances

Courtyard Village Apartments residents on Dec. 10 started cleaning up the grounds and removing everything that had been left outside, including personal possessions such as a barbecue grill, after residents were given notice to vacate. The Vancouver City Council unanimously approved three ordinances Monday night designed to protect vulnerable, low-income renters. The ordinances will give renters more time to find new housing when told to vacate or told that rent is increasing, and would prevent landlords from refusing to rent to people based on their source of income.

September 21, 2015, 10:57pm Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council unanimously approved three ordinances Monday night designed to protect vulnerable, low-income renters despite concerns about how the changes may play out. Read story

YWCA plans women’s leadership center

September 20, 2015, 6:02am Clark County News

A women's leadership center is coming to the YWCA, a program that will focus on bolstering self-confidence and assertiveness among women of all ages. Read story

Pastor Jim Stender (L) and volunteer Denny Scott show a supply of bedding to be used in housing the needy this winter at Saint Andrew Lutheran Church in Vancouver Thursday September 16, 2015. The faith community aims to impact the affordable housing crisis.

Churches team up to take on affordable-housing crisis

Pastor Jim Stender (L) and volunteer Denny Scott show a supply of bedding to be used in housing the needy this winter at Saint Andrew Lutheran Church in Vancouver Thursday September 16, 2015. The faith community aims to impact the affordable housing crisis.

September 17, 2015, 7:33pm Churches & Religion

Faith groups are working together on possible solutions to the dwindling supply of affordable housing in Clark County, where vacancy rates hover around 2 percent. It started a few weekends ago at St. Andrew Lutheran Church off Northeast Gher Road, where people were called to an interfaith workshop. Read story

Renters feeling squeeze in Clark County

September 16, 2015, 8:52pm Clark County News

Nearly half of all renters in Clark County paid $1,000 monthly on rent last year, and almost half of renters are cost-burdened by housing. As the population approaches 450,000 people, many renters are feeling the squeeze of a tight market where vacancies are down and rental costs are up, according… Read story

Bart Moore sings during a rehearsal with the Vancouver USA Singers on Monday. The choir is holding a benefit concert for Val and Bart Moore's after their mobile home burned down on the Fourth of July.

Singing for the Moores

Bart Moore sings during a rehearsal with the Vancouver USA Singers on Monday. The choir is holding a benefit concert for Val and Bart Moore's after their mobile home burned down on the Fourth of July.

September 16, 2015, 10:00am Clark County Life

As Bart Moore belted along to "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life," he flashed a big grin and waved along with his fellow singers. The goofy, extremely cheerful song from the movie "Monty Python's Life of Brian," which is punctuated by whistling, starts off something like this: Read story

Katie Collins, center, gets a hug from Naphtali Murphy while celebrating the Collins’ new home on Monday morning. Collins is the wife of Staff Sgt. Corey Collins, fourth from the right. Murphy is the wife of Staff Sgt. Anthony Murphy, far left. The two men served in Afghanistan together. Also pictured are the Murphys’ children Benton, 3, and Audrey, 1.

Decorated vet gets keys to Washougal home

Katie Collins, center, gets a hug from Naphtali Murphy while celebrating the Collins’ new home on Monday morning. Collins is the wife of Staff Sgt. Corey Collins, fourth from the right. Murphy is the wife of Staff Sgt. Anthony Murphy, far left. The two men served in Afghanistan together. Also pictured are the Murphys’ children Benton, 3, and Audrey, 1.

September 14, 2015, 1:28pm Clark County News

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Corey Collins, who served in Afghanistan, got a warm, hero’s welcome at his family’s new place in Washougal this morning. After medically retiring from the military last month, he traveled cross country with his wife and 5-year-old son to move into the house. Read story

Digital renderings show what the new Boys & Girls clubhouse, called the Heights OK 2 Clubhouse, will look like. The clubhouse fills a need for after school programs in the Vancouver Heights neighborhood.

Boys & Girls site coming to Heights

Digital renderings show what the new Boys & Girls clubhouse, called the Heights OK 2 Clubhouse, will look like. The clubhouse fills a need for after school programs in the Vancouver Heights neighborhood.

September 13, 2015, 6:10am Clark County News

The newest Boys & Girls clubhouse is under construction in the Vancouver Heights neighborhood and slated to open in March. Smack in the middle of the 20-acre Skyline Crest housing development, the clubhouse will be the first project erected as part of the area's overall renewal plan. Read story

Charge nurse Carolyn Wynne shows off a superhero-themed gown she helped create for children who have to undergo physical exams through the Child Abuse Assessment Team.

Legacy expands pediatric help

Charge nurse Carolyn Wynne shows off a superhero-themed gown she helped create for children who have to undergo physical exams through the Child Abuse Assessment Team.

September 12, 2015, 6:00am Clark County Health

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center announced Friday a 3,450-square-foot expansion of its pediatric center that will be built into an unused part of the medical office building. The pediatric facility will house outpatient pediatric rehabilitation and the Child Abuse Assessment Team. Read story

Omy’s Cafe damaged by kitchen fire

September 11, 2015, 9:57pm Clark County News

A kitchen fire caused an estimated $91,400 damage to Omy's Cafe in Vancouver early Friday. Read story