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Vancouver Housing Authority names newest homeless shelter

February 18, 2021, 6:03am Clark County News

Vancouver Housing Authority will name its newest homeless shelter after Bertha Baugh, a founding member of the NAACP Vancouver branch. Read story

Aurora, the daughter of a resident at the Homestead Share House, and her dog Koda play in a toy room at the newly renovated shelter on Wednesday afternoon.

Share Homestead shelter in Hazel Dell gets an update

January 29, 2021, 6:05am Clark County News

Families and single women who need to use the Share Homestead shelter in Hazel Dell will find it more welcoming than ever. Read story

Severe weather noticed issued to emergency homeless shelters for Tuesday night

January 26, 2021, 1:23pm Clark County News Free

A severe weather notice has been issued for Tuesday night in Vancouver by the Housing Solution Center, Council for the Homeless. Read story

Katelyn Benhoff, lead outreach case manager with Share, left, speaks with Dimitri Coles in front of Share House while performing the annual Point in Time Count on Jan. 24, 2019.

Count of homeless in Clark County to be revised

January 13, 2021, 3:55pm Clark County News

The Point in Time count of the area’s homeless population will be different in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read story

The Howard Johnson hotel on Vancouver Mall Drive pictured on Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The Vancouver Housing Authority announced Friday that it is purchasing the hotel to turn it into a homeless shelter.

Vancouver Mall-area hotel to become homeless shelter

January 8, 2021, 4:35pm Business

The Vancouver Housing Authority has plans to purchase the Howard Johnson by Wyndham Vancouver Hotel & Suites near Vancouver Mall for use as a noncongregate shelter for unhoused people. Read story

Laura Ellsworth, right, writes a message on a memorial board set up Friday at St. PaulÌs Lutheran Church in Vancouver. Ellsworth is with the Council for the Homeless, which helped set up the board with the names of the homeless from the community who died in 2020. On Monday night, the council held a virtual ceremony to remember the members of the community who died in 2020.

Homeless people who died in 2020 in Clark County remembered at service

December 22, 2020, 12:42pm Clark County News

Like many things affected by COVID-19, Clark County’s homeless population is at increased risk. Read story

Andrew Stewart chats with Loretta Shaw at her downtown motel room. After her rental home was sold, Shaw was forced to live in her car until Stewart and others helped her.

Neighbors help Vancouver woman, 81, living in car come in from the cold

December 11, 2020, 6:01am Clark County News

Loretta Shaw is the kind of person who will say hello to everyone she passes on the street during a walk. Read story

Crystal Steinmueller, right, of Free Hot Soup Vancouver joins fellow volunteers as they gather at Esther Short Park to coordinate meals for people in need.

Free Hot Soup Vancouver offers food, comfort as pandemic hits homeless hard

December 10, 2020, 7:21pm Clark County Health

A line of people snaked up to a table near 13th Street and Lincoln Avenue in Vancouver on Wednesday night. Read story

Council for the Homeless issues severe weather alert

December 3, 2020, 6:00am Clark County News

Council for the Homeless issued a severe weather alert for tonight, which prompts the opening of additional shelter spaces. Read story

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