Street outreach workers concerned about Vancouver cold conditions
With temperatures dipping below freezing for the third straight evening, street outreach workers for the non-profit group, ...
The Columbian8d
Three low-income housing projects in Vancouver get money from state
Three Vancouver low-income housing projects are receiving money from the state to defray development costs. Gov. Bob Ferguson ...
OPB9d
Outreach workers talk with people living on the street for Vancouver Point-in-Time count
Last week, the Council for the Homeless in Vancouver, Wash. went out on a cold Thursday morning to start the count. It was conducted by outreach staff, volunteers and other social service providers.
Vancouver14d
Vancouver faces court challenge over daytime ban on people sheltering in public spaces
The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) along with people who lived at the former CRAB Park homeless camp and on East ...
The Vancouver Sun15d
Vancouver sued over city's daytime ban on outdoor sheltering
The association argues that while this change to the law has been a positive step in advancing the rights of homeless ... this ban, Vancouver city staff conduct daily street sweeps, which the ...
The Vancouver Sun12d
Critics say warming centres don't 'match the needs' of homeless as cold weather hits Metro Vancouver
“What the city is offering doesn’t match the needs of the community,” said Amanda Burrows, executive director of First United, a Vancouver-based non-profit that supports the homeless.
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Vancouver raises winter shelter threshold to 36 degrees for homeless
VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Homeless individuals in Vancouver will no longer have to wait for temperatures to drop to freezing to access a warm bed for the night. The Clark County Homelessness ...
Vancouver Canadian Charter challenge seeks to give homeless campers daytime sheltering rights
A lawsuit from the B.C. Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) aims to prove that prohibiting people from sheltering in public spaces in Vancouver during the daytime violates sections of Canada's Charter ...
The Canadian Press on MSN20d
Critics denounce Vancouver mayor's 'Trumpian' plan to 'integrate' Downtown Eastside
Tents line the sidewalk on East Hastings Street as the city works to clear tents from a sprawling homeless encampment in the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver, on Aug. 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl ...
The Canadian Press on MSN14d
BCCLA files lawsuit against City of Vancouver's ban on daytime shelters
The BC Civil Liberties Association says it has filed a lawsuit against the City of Vancouver to challenge the municipality's ...
The Columbian24d
Clark County homelessness task force changes winter shelter response threshold from 32 to 36 degrees
Residents at a downtown Vancouver encampment described the cold ... Task Force facilitated by the nonprofit Council for the Homeless. The task force, made up of service providers and faith-based ...
OPB27d
Sub-freezing temperatures coming to Portland and Vancouver
On Tuesday, the Council for the Homeless issued a severe weather ... Emergency Shelter (SAFES), 30 SW 2nd Ave., Portland. St. Paul Vancouver, 1309 Franklin Avenue, Vancouver WA.