Swift Haven News Today

The number of unhoused people topped 1,000 people for the first time this year in Whatcom County.

Bellingham opens this new temporary winter shelter for the homeless The Bellingham Herald 1/3/2021 Kie Relyea, The Bellingham Herald (Bellingham, Wash.) Jan. 3—BELLINGHAM — A temporary winter shelter for the homeless in the parking lot of Frank Geri Softball Fields on Puget Street has opened, and 10 people are living there so far, according to the Bellingham nonprofit that is operating the site. Known as Swift Haven, the encampment opened Saturday, Dec. 26. The first resid...