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Residents on Monday ask the Vancouver City Council to ban camping along West Mill Plain Boulevard (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

West Vancouver residents plead with city to clear homeless camp along West Mill Plain Boulevard

Residents on Monday ask the Vancouver City Council to ban camping along West Mill Plain Boulevard (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)

November 19, 2024, 2:48pm Clark County News

A dozen west Vancouver residents pleaded with the city council on Monday to clear a homeless encampment along West Mill Plain Boulevard. Read story

A for sale sign sits outside a vacant building on Northeast 94th Avenue in Vancouver. The building is a potential site for the city of Vancouver’s 150-bed bridge shelter. The city passed a 0.1 percent business and occupation tax on retail to pay for the bridge shelter.

Vancouver council OKs tax increases and new taxes to close $43M deficit and pay for homeless ‘bridge shelter’

A for sale sign sits outside a vacant building on Northeast 94th Avenue in Vancouver. The building is a potential site for the city of Vancouver’s 150-bed bridge shelter. The city passed a 0.1 percent business and occupation tax on retail to pay for the bridge shelter.

November 19, 2024, 12:58pm Business

People parking, buying movie tickets and shopping in Vancouver can expect to pay more starting next year. Read story

Construction is nearing completion on Laurel Manor, an affordable housing building for seniors.

82 affordable housing units will open to those 62 and older in January in central Vancouver

Construction is nearing completion on Laurel Manor, an affordable housing building for seniors.

November 18, 2024, 6:10am Clark County News

Laurel Manor, an affordable housing complex for those 62 and older, will begin welcoming tenants early next year. Read story

Members of the community visit the fourth Safe Stay community off Main Street during its opening ceremony in December. Clark County saw a 35 percent jump in veterans entering housing programs.

Number of homeless veterans in Clark County dropped by 25% in 2023

Members of the community visit the fourth Safe Stay community off Main Street during its opening ceremony in December. Clark County saw a 35 percent jump in veterans entering housing programs.

November 18, 2024, 6:06am Clark County News

Fewer veterans were living on the streets in Clark County last year as more moved into housing. Homelessness among veterans also fell nationwide. Read story

A row of brightly painted tiny houses at Henderson Village, Monday, July 29, 2024, in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle.

Washington projects $250M funding shortfall for homeless services

A row of brightly painted tiny houses at Henderson Village, Monday, July 29, 2024, in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle.

November 5, 2024, 7:41am Latest News

In Washington, the slow housing market is having a consequence that few have heard about: less money to help people who are homeless. Read story

A for sale sign sits outside a vacant building on Northeast 94th Avenue in Vancouver in August. The building is a potential site for the City of Vancouver's 150-bed bridge shelter.

Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for homeless shelter

A for sale sign sits outside a vacant building on Northeast 94th Avenue in Vancouver in August. The building is a potential site for the City of Vancouver's 150-bed bridge shelter.

October 25, 2024, 2:29pm Clark County Health

Clark County won’t help Vancouver pay for a 150-bed homelessness shelter after all. Read story

*LEADOPTION* Moderators Amy Reynolds, from left, and Britton Brown listen as Oregon Law Center Director of Litigation Ed Johnson speaks on a panel with Vancouver Police Department Assistant Chief Erika Nilsen and Vancouver Housing Authority CEO Andy Silver.

‘We will never arrest our way out of homelessness’: Vancouver panel discusses criminalization

*LEADOPTION* Moderators Amy Reynolds, from left, and Britton Brown listen as Oregon Law Center Director of Litigation Ed Johnson speaks on a panel with Vancouver Police Department Assistant Chief Erika Nilsen and Vancouver Housing Authority CEO Andy Silver.

October 25, 2024, 1:54pm Clark County News

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 story

Vista Del Rio interim boardmembers Gloria Titus, clockwise from top, Tom Kent, Deb Swope and Rick Seekins hold a board meeting Tuesday. Residents are trying to buy the park, which has been put up for sale by the property owner. .

‘We need a miracle’: Senior residents trying to buy their east Vancouver mobile home park

Vista Del Rio interim boardmembers Gloria Titus, clockwise from top, Tom Kent, Deb Swope and Rick Seekins hold a board meeting Tuesday. Residents are trying to buy the park, which has been put up for sale by the property owner. .

October 18, 2024, 6:10am Business

Marlene and Richard Stanley moved into their home 44 years ago — a yellow manufactured house with a lush garden. Over the years, they invested in improvements and created family memories within those four walls. Read story

The state Department of Commerce released its five-year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan. A lone tent is pitched between E Marginal Way S and Highway 99 in the Industrial District in this June 11, 2019 file photo.

Washington unveils five-year plan to ease record-high homelessness

The state Department of Commerce released its five-year Homeless Housing Strategic Plan. A lone tent is pitched between E Marginal Way S and Highway 99 in the Industrial District in this June 11, 2019 file photo.

October 16, 2024, 11:00am Latest News

More than 200,000 Washington residents – a record number – experienced homelessness or housing instability during July 2023, according to a new report from the state Department of Commerce, which outlines statewide goals for addressing this issue over the next five years. Read story

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Last December, Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

WA program to clear roadside encampments needs more money to keep going

Gov. Jay Inslee points to the work his homeless encampment initiative has done to clear encampments and transition people into housing. Last December, Inslee released his budget proposals surrounding housing and homelessness programs at the site of a former encampment in Seattle.

October 16, 2024, 7:43am Latest News Free

Washington’s work cleaning up encampments along state highways is helping get unsheltered people into housing. Read story