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The long-simmering problem of homelessness boiled into a crisis in 2023, making it The Columbian’s top story of the year, up from the No. 3 spot in 2022.
About 9,000 people are believed to be homeless in Clark County, an increase of 43 percent between 2021 and 2022, according to the Homeless Crisis Response System.
