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A no-parking sign blocks an entrance to the empty lot that is the proposed location of the third Safe Stay site in downtown Vancouver.

Weather delays construction of downtown Vancouver’s Safe Stay homeless community

A no-parking sign blocks an entrance to the empty lot that is the proposed location of the third Safe Stay site in downtown Vancouver.

January 18, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

In an empty parking lot in downtown Vancouver, a fresh blanket of rain darkens a bed of loose gravel. The property houses sparse trees and a skirt of bushes along the edge. Read story

Tom Miller owns property next to a homeless encampment in Vancouver's North Image neighborhood called "The Swamps" by its residents. The Washington State Department of Transportation is trying to sell the land where The Swamps sits, meaning the camp will eventually be cleared and its residents will have to find a new home.

‘The Swamps’: Residents of homeless camp in North Image face uncertain future

Tom Miller owns property next to a homeless encampment in Vancouver's North Image neighborhood called "The Swamps" by its residents. The Washington State Department of Transportation is trying to sell the land where The Swamps sits, meaning the camp will eventually be cleared and its residents will have to find a new home.

January 17, 2023, 6:05am Clark County News

Glenn DeHart opened his friend’s dresser drawer one January morning to find a litter of 10 baby rats sitting inside. The mother had run off, so he took them from the drawer and placed them inside an empty plastic toolbox, where they lay huddled together in a tiny ball. Read story

Steven Doble packs up items in his kitchen, preparing to move out of his Vancouver apartment where he's lived for eight years. Doble and his roommate are facing eviction, unable to pay their rent due in part to a long wait time for federal disability benefits.

People with disabilities in Clark County face evictions, homelessness as federal benefits stall

Steven Doble packs up items in his kitchen, preparing to move out of his Vancouver apartment where he's lived for eight years. Doble and his roommate are facing eviction, unable to pay their rent due in part to a long wait time for federal disability benefits.

January 13, 2023, 6:04am Clark County Health

After living at Oakbrook Apartments in Vancouver for eight years, roommates Steven Doble and Faith are packing their things into cardboard boxes. Unable to pay their rent, they got an eviction summons in late December. Read story

Vancouver City Council endorses affordable housing levy

January 11, 2023, 6:03am Clark County News

Vancouver City Council on Monday unanimously approved a resolution supporting Proposition 3, a tax levy of about 30 cents per $1,000 in assessed value lasting 10 years. Read story

Former resident Sabrina Thayer, from left in maroon, celebrates the one year anniversary of The Outpost Safe Stay Community with Ren Autrey of Outsiders Inn and her husband, Jim Thayer, on Monday afternoon.

Vancouver’s first Safe Stay Community turns 1

Former resident Sabrina Thayer, from left in maroon, celebrates the one year anniversary of The Outpost Safe Stay Community with Ren Autrey of Outsiders Inn and her husband, Jim Thayer, on Monday afternoon.

January 2, 2023, 6:46pm Clark County News

A few weeks ago, Sabrina Thayer decided to throw a party. She planned to set up tables and a banner, have dessert, balloons and hot drinks. She wanted to thank her family for everything they’ve given her — not her biological family, but her found family at The Outpost, Vancouver’s… Read story

Toni Lindsay, a client at Share's Women's Housing and Transition (WHAT) shelter, holds a sign that says "Believe in Yourself" in her room that she shares with two other women at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The WHAT shelter used Vancouver's Affordable Housing Fund to stay open around the clock beginning in spring 2020, a time when many shelter residents had nowhere else to go during the day due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Fund provides options to address homelessness

Toni Lindsay, a client at Share's Women's Housing and Transition (WHAT) shelter, holds a sign that says "Believe in Yourself" in her room that she shares with two other women at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. The WHAT shelter used Vancouver's Affordable Housing Fund to stay open around the clock beginning in spring 2020, a time when many shelter residents had nowhere else to go during the day due to the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 26, 2022, 6:04am Clark County News

As the world spiraled into uncertainty with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, residents at Share’s Women’s Housing and Transition shelter wondered how they would get by. Read story

Dozens of people attend the annual Homeless Persons' Memorial Day event at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Vancouver on Wednesday evening, the longest night of the year.

Vancouver Homeless Persons’ Memorial honors those lost in Clark County

Dozens of people attend the annual Homeless Persons' Memorial Day event at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Vancouver on Wednesday evening, the longest night of the year.

December 22, 2022, 11:59am Clark County Health

At Vancouver’s Safe Parking Zone, Shawn Bacon’s legacy lives on. His RV still sits in the lot, where another Safe Park participant has moved in, according to Steven Culp, the Safe Park’s lead program assistant. Read story

Vancouver Police Officer Tyler Chavers, a member of the city's Homeless Assistance and Resources Team, talks with people living at a homeless encampment near Share House in downtown Vancouver.

Decriminalization of drug possession leaves officers in Clark County on sidelines

Vancouver Police Officer Tyler Chavers, a member of the city's Homeless Assistance and Resources Team, talks with people living at a homeless encampment near Share House in downtown Vancouver.

December 16, 2022, 6:01am Clark County News

Vancouver neighborhood police officer Tyler Chavers has watched fentanyl take over the city’s streets in the past two years, replacing heroin as the most common opioid involved in overdose deaths. Read story

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Sen. Lynda Wilson: More money isn’t solution to combating homelessness

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December 14, 2022, 7:50pm Clark County News

In an announcement Wednesday, Gov. Jay Inslee said he is committed to raising $4 billion over six years to address the state’s ongoing homelessness crisis by asking voters to approve a referendum that would allow the state to issue bonds outside of Washington’s debt limit. Read story

Jacob Phillips, left, and Tiffany Mercer of XChange's Street Medicine Team stroll past tents to offer medical assistance to those living near the Share House on a Wednesday morning in October.

Outreach workers fight ‘explosion’ of fentanyl in Clark County

Jacob Phillips, left, and Tiffany Mercer of XChange's Street Medicine Team stroll past tents to offer medical assistance to those living near the Share House on a Wednesday morning in October.

December 13, 2022, 6:04am Clark County Health

Jimmy John Howland had never used fentanyl before landing on the streets of Vancouver in May 2021. Howland, 52, had recently lost his leg due to a blood clot. With his disability preventing him from holding a job, he had no source of income and found himself homeless. Read story