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Tacoma could lose 379 homeless-shelter beds in 2025 unless state comes through with cash
The City of Tacoma is preparing to lose more than 350 homeless shelter beds in 2025 due to a funding deficit. City officials say the only hope to keep the beds is to receive money from the state ...
Maintenance work, graffiti removal mean ramp closures on these Tacoma highways soon
The city’s Homeless Engagement Alternatives Liaison (HEAL) team will continue to provide outreach services in the area through the duration of the work, the city said. A section ...
Pierce County embarks on regional response to homelessness. Can it make a difference?
The Unified Regional Approach is an attempt to satisfy the first goal identified in Pierce County’s Comprehensive Plan to End ...
Pierce County to spend $17M raised from new sales tax on affordable housing. Here’s where
In 2023, the Pierce County Council approved the tax which levies one-tenth of 1% of sales to raise revenue for affordable-housing investments.
‘A systematic failure’: She was killed outside a Tacoma shop as a clerk’s mental health spiraled
Odessa Easterlin, 37, was fatally stabbed outside Candy Market, located at 767 Market St., on April 30, 2022. The suspect, 55-year-old Abdelhakim Choubabi, was charged with first-degree murder but the ...
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Spanaway homeless village violates federal wetland rules but staves off appeal
A Tacoma Rescue Mission project that promises to house nearly 300 chronically homeless people near Spanaway Lake has cleared another hurdle after an appeal filed against the development was denied ...
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East 25th Street remains crime hot spot despite Tacoma's drop in violent crime rates
TACOMA, Wash. — Violent crime seems to have ... Drug dealing, prostitution, break-ins, homelessness, and violence are all occurring in the corridor. Alexx Bacon, who owns Aaberg’s Rentals ...
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Spanaway Lake proposed homeless village clears major hurdle
The Tacoma Rescue Mission (TRM) proposal for a homeless village near Spanaway Lake has successfully cleared another obstacle. The Tacoma News Tribune (TNT) reports that a Pierce County land ...
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Bill would allow people to sue Washington cities and counties over public camping bans
A homeless encampment partially blocks the sidewalk along 96th Street east of Hosmer Street in Tacoma, Washington, on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2024. Tony Overman The News Tribune archive The Washington ...
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Is Pierce County doing enough to help the homeless during cold weather? Providers say no
During a Tacoma-Pierce County Coalition to End Homelessness meeting on Feb. 14, Decker said the multi-week response felt “reactionary,” without any “advanced planning whatsoever.” “And frankly, it was ...
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Spanaway homeless village breaks federal, county wetland rules but staves off appeal
A Tacoma Rescue Mission project that promises to house nearly 300 chronically homeless people near Spanaway Lake has cleared another hurdle after an appeal filed against the development was denied ...