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Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
11 stories highlight Pierce County's approach to address homelessness
Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarization Pierce County is working on many fronts to address homelessness, with efforts ranging from shelter funding, new affordable housing projects and eviction prevention programs. This list of stories illustrates the need to maintain shelter beds in Tacoma and the challenges of launching support programs like the street medicine team. Investments have gone into projects such as the Shiloh New Life Apartments and preserving housing at Hidden Firs, while eviction prevention and diversion funds remain in high demand. Large encampments and a shortage of shelter space show ongoing challenges, and new regional initiatives, like the national Counties for Housing Solutions program, aim to boost affordable housing for the future. The 'readiness' of the project was an incentive for the county to invest in its preservation, an official told The News Tribune. | Published April 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard After losing a Pierce County land use hearing against the Good Neighbor Village, Spanaway Concerned Citizens have lost yet another appeal. | Published April 10, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard Pierce County is one of six counties in the nation selected to take part in a national program to create a plan to build more housing in the region. | Published April 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard The announcement comes after the county recently recording one of the highest eviction rates in the state. | Published April 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard 'Its pretty embarrassing when we are out in the field and homeless people are asking where the $17 million [in affordable housing investments] went,' one advocate said. | Published April 30, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard A Washington program helped over 1,700 youth avoid homelessness using cost-effective, flexible funding. | Published May 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard The apartments will help low-income families and veterans find stable housing. | Published May 13, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard At least one advocate worries about the direction the $1 million program is headed. | Published May 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard With nearly 400 shelter beds at risk, Tacoma saw larger encampments cleared in the first quarter of 2025 amid increasing homelessness challenges. | Published May 8, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard Facing a serious funding gap, Tacoma officials hope state grants will keep critical emergency homeless shelter services running through 2025 and beyond. | Published May 14, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard The map indicates over 3,000 calls related to homelessness throughout the city over the first quarter of 2025. | Published May 16, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Local impacts of Trump-era policies in Washington state
Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarization Six articles explore the local impacts of Trump-era policies in Pierce County and Washington state. This list of stories illustrates how federal decisions around tariffs, federal prison use, transgender rights, and grant funding shape daily life. Tariff hikes have led to warnings from West Coast ports and fears for small businesses while canceled exports and disrupted shipping are being tracked at the Port of Tacoma. Lawsuits over new grant requirements challenge restrictions on housing and homeless programs tied to "gender ideology" and immigration. Trans youth in Pierce County talk about increased threats and mental health challenges under a wave of new bills and funding cuts, showing how national policies reach local communities. The three told The News Tribune they are grateful to live in a progressive place like Washington but are scared by the state of the world. | Published May 6, 2025 | Read Full Story by Becca Most The News Tribune asked the Northwest Seaport Alliance for an update. | Published May 1, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell U.S. senators from Washington, Oregon and California point to ripple effects still to come as their states' ports start to take hits. | Published May 2, 2025 | Read Full Story by Debbie Cockrell Pierce County and other governments sue Trump administration, challenging new HUD grant requirements tied to immigration, DEI and abortion-care policies. | Published May 6, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard Washington's now-abandoned McNeil Island Corrections Center was a federal penitentiary for over 100 years. Could the federal government reopen it? | Published May 7, 2025 | Read Full Story by Constanza Montemayor Millions for housing and homelessness programs are in the balance. | Published May 9, 2025 | Read Full Story by Cameron Sheppard The summary above was drafted with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists in our News division. All stories listed were reported, written and edited by McClatchy journalists.
