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The Washington State Capitol in Olympia in 2023. (Ellen M.

Washington lawmakers consider bill allowing people to sue cities over rules that restrict camping in public places

The Washington State Capitol in Olympia in 2023. (Ellen M.

February 17, 2025, 9:53am Latest News

Washington lawmakers are considering a proposal that would allow people to sue cities and counties that restrict camping in public places. Read story

Preview of the site plans for the 132nd Cottage Homes that are planned at the corner of Northeast 132nd Avenue and 46th Street.

Three low-income housing projects in Vancouver get money from state

Preview of the site plans for the 132nd Cottage Homes that are planned at the corner of Northeast 132nd Avenue and 46th Street.

February 6, 2025, 6:08am Community Funded Journalism

Three Vancouver low-income housing projects are receiving money from the state to defray development costs. Read story

Tents line West 11th Street in downtown Vancouver in summer 2024. While Vancouver has not changed its policies on homeless camping in the wake of Grants Pass, ore.

Battle Ground the latest city in Southwest Washington to ban unlawful camping on public property

Tents line West 11th Street in downtown Vancouver in summer 2024. While Vancouver has not changed its policies on homeless camping in the wake of Grants Pass, ore.

February 4, 2025, 1:36pm Clark County News

The city of Battle Ground is the latest Southwest Washington jurisdiction to ban unlawful camping on public property since a June U.S. Supreme Court ruling made it easier to do so. Read story

FILE - This image provided by the Oregon Law Center shows people waiting in Grants Pass, Ore. on Jan. 21, 2025 for a city-designated campsite for homeless people to open for its overnight hours.

Oregon judge pauses camping ban enforcement in city at heart of Supreme Court homelessness ruling

FILE - This image provided by the Oregon Law Center shows people waiting in Grants Pass, Ore. on Jan. 21, 2025 for a city-designated campsite for homeless people to open for its overnight hours.

February 3, 2025, 3:59pm Northwest

An Oregon judge on Monday ordered the city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments to temporarily pause enforcement of its camping rules, in response to a lawsuit filed by advocates against the city. Read story

Shannon Yirka, right, scratches the ear of her 19-year-old pug, Pixie Momma, center, who is held by Humane Society for Southwest Washington’s Ian Vossler on Thursday, during the Project Homeless Connect resource fair at New Life Friends Church in Vancouver. Yirka brought Pixie Momma and her two sons, Idgie and Pug Pug (not pictured), to the fair for shots and checkups.

Point-in-Time Count workers collect data, offer resources to Clark County’s homeless

Shannon Yirka, right, scratches the ear of her 19-year-old pug, Pixie Momma, center, who is held by Humane Society for Southwest Washington’s Ian Vossler on Thursday, during the Project Homeless Connect resource fair at New Life Friends Church in Vancouver. Yirka brought Pixie Momma and her two sons, Idgie and Pug Pug (not pictured), to the fair for shots and checkups.

January 31, 2025, 2:01pm Clark County News

A team of outreach workers moved through an east Vancouver homeless camp Thursday as dawn’s first light touched the horizon. Read story

FILE - A person sleeps next to a shopping cart as a pedestrian walks past a store-window sign advertising the future opening of a Rolex watch store on Jan. 31, 2022, in downtown Seattle. In Feb. 2022, the mayor of Portland, Ore., banned camping on the sides of certain roadways, and officials are exploring other aggressive options to combat homelessness. In an increasing numbers of liberal cities like Portland, Seattle and New York, officials are cracking down on encampments after years of tolerating growing numbers of people living in tents. (AP Photo/Ted S.

Fresh lawsuit hits Oregon city at the heart of Supreme Court ruling on homeless encampments

FILE - A person sleeps next to a shopping cart as a pedestrian walks past a store-window sign advertising the future opening of a Rolex watch store on Jan. 31, 2022, in downtown Seattle. In Feb. 2022, the mayor of Portland, Ore., banned camping on the sides of certain roadways, and officials are exploring other aggressive options to combat homelessness. In an increasing numbers of liberal cities like Portland, Seattle and New York, officials are cracking down on encampments after years of tolerating growing numbers of people living in tents. (AP Photo/Ted S.

January 30, 2025, 9:21am Nation & World

The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping rules as advocates find new ways to challenge them. Read story

EliYah, 13 (left), and Ayriella, 14, play arcade games at The Youth Connection in Shelton, Wash., in 2023. The center provides a safe space for young people ages 12 to 24.

Washington youth homelessness organizations face upheaval

EliYah, 13 (left), and Ayriella, 14, play arcade games at The Youth Connection in Shelton, Wash., in 2023. The center provides a safe space for young people ages 12 to 24.

January 27, 2025, 6:05am Latest News

Interconnected efforts to address youth homelessness in Washington over the past decade experienced major upheaval in recent months as high-profile initiatives closed suddenly or saw significant leadership change. Read story

Contributed by the Vancouver Police Department Vancouver police and the Homeless Assistance Resource Team are partnering in encampment cleanups. The partnership will help police officers feel confident in responding to homelessness and help HART in connecting campers with resources.

Vancouver police spending more time on outreach in homeless camps

Contributed by the Vancouver Police Department Vancouver police and the Homeless Assistance Resource Team are partnering in encampment cleanups. The partnership will help police officers feel confident in responding to homelessness and help HART in connecting campers with resources.

January 25, 2025, 6:12am Clark County News

Vancouver police officers are spending more time in homeless encampments under a new partnership between the department and the city’s Homeless Assistance and Resource Team. Read story

Clark County Council members Glen Yung, from left, Michelle Belkot, Wil Fuentes, Matt Little and Sue Marshall are pictured at the Public Service Center on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, 2025.

Clark County Council weighs giving $2 million to Vancouver’s planned homeless shelter

Clark County Council members Glen Yung, from left, Michelle Belkot, Wil Fuentes, Matt Little and Sue Marshall are pictured at the Public Service Center on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, 2025.

January 23, 2025, 1:21pm Clark County News

Clark County may yet help the city of Vancouver pay for a planned homeless shelter in the Van Mall neighborhood. Read story

People wait on a bus Monday outside Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health in Vancouver.

Clearing the pathway out of poverty: Southwest Washington activists lobby in Olympia

People wait on a bus Monday outside Southwest Washington Accountable Community of Health in Vancouver.

January 21, 2025, 2:29pm Clark County News

Activists across Washington have a dream: to end discrimination and alleviate the root causes of systemic poverty across the state. Read story