Josephine Peterson: Service provider calls local COVID-19 hotel 'useless' because some people can't get in News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 2/15/2021 Josephine Peterson, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Feb. 15—More people are using a Pierce County hotel set aside for those with COVID-19 than ever before, but homeless service providers have said those with mental or behavioral health illnesses have faced difficulty getting in the door. Pierce County's Temporary Care Center opened in April last year at the Holiday Inn on South 84th and Hosmer streets in Tacoma. As of Jan. 26, 436 people had been admitted. January 2021 alone saw more than 158 people stay there.