WA bill would restrict when cities can clear homeless encampments

House Bill 2489 would prevent local governments from enforcing anti-camping laws, removing encampments, or citing people for ...
The Columbian

Volunteer meal train for Vancouver’s homeless shelters is ‘love in action’

A volunteer meal program delivers both nourishment and fellowship to people living in three of Vancouver’s homeless shelters. Nonprofit Outsiders Inn coordinates a so-called meal train in which ...
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After sound wall closure, Vancouver residents say homeless camp grows

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — A west Vancouver neighborhood has become the unintended home to a large homeless encampment over the last few years. But recently, neighbors say it’s only grown. On March 5, ...
The Columbian

‘There’s so much to be grateful for’: Once-homeless Vancouver couple celebrate second full year in housing

While renewing a lease might be routine to some, for Katie Vongthongthip and Chance Newbill, it was a moment of celebration as they fulfilled what once felt like an impossible dream.
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Neighbors not happy with location of new Vancouver homeless day center

VANCOUVER, Wash. -- The City of Vancouver will pay $4.3 million for a building that will house a new, large day center for people who are homeless. "Homelessness and affordable housing are pressing ...
Willamette Week

City Alleges Vancouver Clinic Put Elderly Homeless Woman in a Cab and Sent Her to a Portland Shelter

The city of Portland sent a cease-and-desist letter last month to a PeaceHealth clinic in Vancouver, Wash., alleging it discharged a disabled 70-year-old homeless woman from its care, stuck her in a ...