homelessness,human services,King CountyAugust 22, 2023 As Camping Ban Looms, Burien Considers Privately Owned Lot Near Library as Potential Shelter Site By Erica C. Barnett On Monday night, the Burien City Council decided not to immediately approve abillthat would ban sleeping outdoors in the ...
“It started ever since the COVID, people losing their jobs, losing their houses, losing their apartments, losing everything,” he said. “And this is where they end up.” Sometimes, numbers can’t explain what a city is doing. The city of Los Angeles said its sanitation department res...
February 25, 2022 Formerly unhoused resident Geneva Strickland walks down the trail near Coyote Creek to find homeless camps in the early morning hours of Feb. 23. Strickland took part in Santa Clara County's point in time homeless count. Photo by Tran Nguyen...
with great fanfare and excitement in the air. And then... COVID. Work on the site came to an abrupt halt, as the park shutdown for the first half of the 2020 operating season. Now, Six Flags is safer than ever with their "Clean Team" and "Do the Six" protocols, as the world...
I returned to Sacramento more recently amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the tent cities in the woods along the rivers stretched as far as the eye could see, rivaling those photographed by Dorothea Lange during the Great Depression. The most recent federally mandated survey foundmore...
The number of homeless people has spiked since the COVID-19 pandemic, but city efforts to crack down on camping, loitering and panhandling predate the public health crisis. Between 2006 and 2019, there was a sharp increase in the number of citywide bans on camping (up 92%), sitting or ...
can lose their medications to theft or raids on their encampments and may be experiencing other challenges such as mental health issues and substance use. The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown a wrench into HIV and hepatitis treatment and prevention services, but it has also offered new opportunities...
The Columbus, Ohio-based company filed for Chapter 11 late Sunday, saying Covid-19 “created significant challenges” and that the move is “necessary.” Washington Prime secured $100 million in new funding to support its day-to-day operations so it can “continue in the ordinary course witho...
“We’re trying to make shelter more user friendly so that we can get these people that are hesitant to come off the street to come off the street,” Champion said. “We can get these people into housing, get them going towards a better living, and then wrap services around them—m...
"This is a perfect time to really try to support young people that are experiencing housing instability, especially in the midst of COVID-19," she said. "This is something that has been going on and the inclusion of young people in the planning stage has not been happening." ...