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Evicted into the cold: Disabled Vancouver woman, son find selves on street, told no help available
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Evicted into the cold: Disabled Vancouver woman, son find selves on street ...
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High rents have tenants on edge: 25% of Vancouver renters spend more than half their income on rent
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High rents have tenants on edge: 25% of Vancouver renters spend more than ...
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Housed, but hanging on by thread: Vancouver family struggles as they watch neighbors end up homeless
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Housed, but hanging on by thread: Vancouver family struggles as they watch ...
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Vancouver nonprofit Council for for the Homeless awarded $2M grant from MacKenzie Scott's foundation
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Vancouver nonprofit Council for for the Homeless awarded $2M grant from ...
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Vancouver’s Living Hope Church to host live Nativity scene in conjuction with a sock drive
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Vancouver’s Living Hope Church to host live Nativity scene in conjuction ...
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Vancouver council decides to not expand camping bans because 'it might make it worse for everyone'
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Vancouver council decides to not expand camping bans because 'it might ...
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Clark Asks: Why abandoned buildings can't be used to house people experiencing homelessness? It's complicated
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Clark Asks: Why abandoned buildings can't be used to house people ...
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Residents, nonprofits, law enforcement, businesses focus on solutions along Fourth Plain corridor
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Residents, nonprofits, law enforcement, businesses focus on solutions ...
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Eight homeless people have died in Vancouver since mid-December, city hopes emergency declaration will speed response
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Eight homeless people have died in Vancouver since mid-December ...
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Rent hikes pushing tenants out of homes in Clark County, around Washington: Last year, Mary Moore paid about $1,600 a month to rent an apartment in Vancouver ...
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Rent hikes pushing tenants out of homes in Clark County, around Washington
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Mourners gather for National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day event in downtown Vancouver
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Mourners gather for National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day event in ...
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Vancouver police Officer Tyler Chavers builds trust, relationships as member of city’s homeless response team
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Vancouver police Officer Tyler Chavers builds trust, relationships as ...
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Felida father bicycles through grief after death of son: When Rich Marsee sees people living on the street, he thinks of his son, Scott, who died last year at 41 ...
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Felida father bicycles through grief after death of son
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Vancouver officials explain emergency declaration for homelessness: In a Tuesday interview with The Columbian, Vancouver City Manager Eric Holmes ...
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Vancouver officials explain emergency declaration for homelessness
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Vancouver approves $1M to upgrade Safe Stay Communities: The city of Vancouver is investing more than $1 million into its Safe Stay communities to help people ...
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Vancouver approves $1M to upgrade Safe Stay Communities
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“I think everybody in the district knows that the bridge needs to be replaced,” Kent said on a Facebook livestream Friday ... Show more
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Vancouver issues first report for homeless emergency declaration: During the Dec. 4 Vancouver City Council meeting, staff provided a one-month report of the ...
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Vancouver issues first report for homeless emergency declaration
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Public safety tax revenue flows to Clark County, its cities: Distributions from the countywide public safety sales tax, which went into effect Jan. 1 ...
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Public safety tax revenue flows to Clark County, its cities
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Vancouver celebrates first year of Hope Village safe stay community: Thirteen months ago, Jimmy was experiencing homelessness on the streets of Vancouver.
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Vancouver celebrates first year of Hope Village safe stay community
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Clark County Council OKs camping ordinance that makes homeless eligible for Community Court
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Clark County Council OKs camping ordinance that makes homeless eligible ...
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Vancouver residents voice concerns on crime, zoning, homelessness, parking at community forum
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Vancouver residents voice concerns on crime, zoning, homelessness ...
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Money key in aiding homeless students in Clark County: Washington’s homelessness crisis hasn’t spared children, and the COVID-19 pandemic appears to have ...
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Money key in aiding homeless students in Clark County
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Advocates’ goal: Keep the homeless (and their clothes) dry amid rainy season in Clark County
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Advocates’ goal: Keep the homeless (and their clothes) dry amid rainy ...
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San Diego response to homelessness a model for Vancouver, beyond: On the outskirts of San Diego, an unwieldy white tent peaks over industrial buildings and ...
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San Diego response to homelessness a model for Vancouver, beyond
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‘Homelessness is actually a community choice’: Council for Homeless event touts impactful strategies
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‘Homelessness is actually a community choice’: Council for Homeless event ...
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Clark Asks: What’s being done about trash in Clark County homeless camps?: At the Burnt Bridge Creek Trail camp — one of the largest homeless camps in Vancouver ...
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Clark Asks: What’s being done about trash in Clark County homeless camps?
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Is homelessness a threat to public safety in Clark County?: For months, AllRisk Auto Insurance struggled with homelessness on its doorstep.
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Is homelessness a threat to public safety in Clark County?
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XChange Recovery gives 10,000 pairs of socks to people living without homes: Jacqueline Alley trailed through an encampment in downtown Vancouver ...
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XChange Recovery gives 10,000 pairs of socks to people living without ...
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Top stories of 2022: Blue ripple holds off red wave: Few observers gave an unknown Democratic auto shop owner from Skamania County any chance of capturing the ...
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Top stories of 2022: Blue ripple holds off red wave
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‘Slipping through the cracks’: From foster care to homelessness: Angellina Ricker doesn’t know when she became so terrified of the world. She describes herself ...
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‘Slipping through the cracks’: From foster care to homelessness
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Vancouver’s first Safe Stay Community turns 1: A few weeks ago, Sabrina Thayer decided to throw a party. She planned to set up tables and a banner, have dessert ...
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Vancouver’s first Safe Stay Community turns 1
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Washington legislators seek to increase fund for homeless students, their families
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Washington legislators seek to increase fund for homeless students ...
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Permanent supportive housing is one answer to Clark County homelessness: It took Troy Leichner a while to stop collecting things.
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Permanent supportive housing is one answer to Clark County homelessness
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Vancouver affordable housing levy passing in early returns: The Vancouver community is showing its support for the city’s affordable housing levy, Proposition 3 ...
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Vancouver affordable housing levy passing in early returns
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Columbian Conversations event focuses on homelessness in Clark County: When was the last time you had a conversation about homelessness?
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Columbian Conversations event focuses on homelessness in Clark County
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Top Stories: ‘Gaming for Good’; St. Helens earthquakes; homeless emergency declaration
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Top Stories: ‘Gaming for Good’; St. Helens earthquakes; homeless emergency ...
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Vancouver council gives green light to Safe Stay in downtown Vancouver: City officials received the green light Monday from the Vancouver City Council to ...
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Vancouver council gives green light to Safe Stay in downtown Vancouver
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Clark Asks: How can you help someone who’s experiencing homelessness in Clark County?
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Clark Asks: How can you help someone who’s experiencing homelessness in ...
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Vancouver Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day honors those lost in Clark County: At Vancouver’s Safe Parking Zone, Shawn Bacon’s legacy lives on. His RV still sits in ...
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Vancouver Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day honors those lost in Clark County
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Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Fund provides options to address homelessness: As the world spiraled into uncertainty with the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in ...
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Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Fund provides options to address ...
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Is Vancouver tax part of affordable housing solution?: In Vancouver’s special election on Feb. 14, residents will determine the future of the city’s Affordable ...
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Is Vancouver tax part of affordable housing solution?
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‘Successful for a lot of different reasons’: Inslee tours Safe Stay site in Vancouver
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‘Successful for a lot of different reasons’: Inslee tours Safe Stay site ...
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Prospect of third Safe Stay site in downtown Vancouver troubles neighbors: A vacant downtown lot that was most recently home to a New Heights Church is being ...
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Prospect of third Safe Stay site in downtown Vancouver troubles neighbors
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Advocates in Clark County help homeless youth find hope: Malaya McGant and Ari come from different backgrounds, but their paths crossed on the streets of ...
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Advocates in Clark County help homeless youth find hope
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Weather delays construction of downtown Vancouver's Safe Stay homeless community: In an empty parking lot in downtown Vancouver, a fresh blanket of rain darkens ...
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Weather delays construction of downtown Vancouver's Safe Stay homeless ...
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Vancouver resident recounts her journey with the foster care system and homelessness
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Vancouver resident recounts her journey with the foster care system and ...
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Vancouver businesses say city’s upcoming tax hikes threaten local economy: Vancouver officials approved the city’s upcoming year’s budget Monday evening but not ...
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Vancouver businesses say city’s upcoming tax hikes threaten local economy
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Open House Ministries breaks ground on Vancouver apartment building for families transitioning out of homelessness
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Open House Ministries breaks ground on Vancouver apartment building for ...
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Couple struggle with challenges of living in Safe Parking Zone at Evergreen Transit Center
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Couple struggle with challenges of living in Safe Parking Zone at ...
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From the Newsroom: A Top 10 deja vu: It’s the last weekend of the year, a time when the newsroom selects our local Top 10 Stories Of The Year ...
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From the Newsroom: A Top 10 deja vu
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Vancouver City Council approves camping ban in wildfire-prone areas: The Vancouver City Council unanimously approved changes to city code Monday that will allow ...
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Vancouver City Council approves camping ban in wildfire-prone areas
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Clark County Council will have new look after election: With three of the Clark County Council’s five seats on the Nov. 8 ballot, and most of the candidates for ...
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Clark County Council will have new look after election
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Plan to reduce Clark County homelessness focus of community forum: The Council for the Homeless held a community forum Tuesday evening to gather input from ...
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Plan to reduce Clark County homelessness focus of community forum
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Vancouver finalizes plan to allocate $3.5 million in housing funds: The city of Vancouver has finalized its plan for using nearly $3.5 million in grants to ...
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Vancouver finalizes plan to allocate $3.5 million in housing funds
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Clark County officials, nonprofits try four new approaches to homelessness: As number who are houseless climbs and shelters continue to be full, local officials ...
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Clark County officials, nonprofits try four new approaches to homelessness
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Welcome progress on restoring basic civic rules: Seattle residents who want to see compassionate progress on homelessness and a restoration of parks and ...
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Welcome progress on restoring basic civic rules
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Clark County Council looks back on 2021: From responding to the COVID-19 pandemic to working on major road projects and trying to address the county’s growing ...
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Clark County Council looks back on 2021
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Clark County voters have variety of offices, issues to address in Aug. 2 primary: With a robust number of races and measures on the Aug. 2 primary election ...
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Clark County voters have variety of offices, issues to address in Aug ...
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Mullen-Polk Foundation opens Family Resource Center in Vancouver: The Mullen-Polk Foundation, looking to help support a greater portion of the community ...
columbian.com/news/2023/jan/28/mullen-polk-foundation-opens-family-resource-center-in-vancouver/
Mullen-Polk Foundation opens Family Resource Center in Vancouver
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Our most intractable problems, like homelessness, are only getting harder to solve
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Our most intractable problems, like homelessness, are only getting harder ...
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Judge strikes Seattle charter amendment on homelessness from November ballot: A King County judge has ruled that Charter Amendment 29, known as "Compassion ...
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Judge strikes Seattle charter amendment on homelessness from November ...
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Under new mayor, will Seattle’s homelessness policy include encampment removals?: Harrell and his administration are hoping that with more shelter ...
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Under new mayor, will Seattle’s homelessness policy include encampment ...
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Seattle City Council President M. Lorena González is running for mayor: Seattle City Council President M. Lorena Gonzalez announces her bid for mayor of Seattle ...
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Seattle City Council President M. Lorena González is running for mayor
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Will Mayor Durkan’s legacy be defined by homelessness?: In three years, the angry, polarized debate over how to address Seattle’s homelessness crisis gave rise ...
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Will Mayor Durkan’s legacy be defined by homelessness?
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Regional homelessness CEO is worth the wait: At every step, it has taken longer than expected to stand up the Regional Homelessness Authority in King County ...
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Regional homelessness CEO is worth the wait