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A bill making its way through the Colorado Legislature would make it a lot harder for landlords and home sellers to discriminate against military veterans. Cathy Alderman, chief communications and public policy officer at the Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, said House Bill 1102 would still allow preferences to be given for new housing construction and vouchers for veterans. She contended the past few years have made it clear investing in veterans pays off. ...

$25K pilot program aims to address sanitation concerns at homeless camp in Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 3/9/2021 Allison Needles, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Mar. 9—The city of Tacoma hopes to improve sanitation conditions at a homeless encampment downtown by placing portable toilets, hand-washing stations and trash bins nearby. The city is spending $25,000 from the general fund to start a 30-day Hygiene Station Pilot Program on South 8th Street and Yakima Avenue that includes: — — — Routine daytime monitoring The city partnered with a private property own...

Matt Driscoll: Norpoint will show if city has gumption to force fair distribution of homeless services News Tribune, Tacoma, Wash. 1/14/2021 Matt Driscoll, The News Tribune (Tacoma, Wash.) Jan. 14—Two neighborhoods, separated by more than just miles. Two temporary emergency shelters, one open for months, the other only proposed. For Tacoma, one litmus test. For as long as the city has been grappling with its declared homelessness emergency, city staff and elected officials have talked a big game about the need for all areas of the city to step up and play a part in the sol...

Communities struggle to make best use of largest influx of homeless aid in U.S. history Shaena Montanari and Natalie Walters, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By...

SHAENA MONTANARI AND NATALIE WALTERS Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time Long-Curtiss got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her co...