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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2414"] Infographic from the five-year plan meeting [/caption] News by Scott France The mounting challenges of meeting the housing needs of those at or near the edge of homelessness have spurred a coalition of housing and homeless services providers, City and
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2016"] Ben Casserd, Manager; Janet Dizick, monitor; Julia, and Lisa Anderson, former Center worker, now Host at the Emergency Shelter. Photo by Paul Heins [/caption] News by Scott France Port Townsend‘s downtown seaside Winter Welcoming Center for the unhoused can
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="1280"] The Port Townsend Police Department posted "No Trespassing" signs around the Evan's Vista property at the 5pm deadline. No arrests were made. Photo by Heather G Johnson [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="3472"] An injuction filed by Michele Goodwin (pictured), an encampment resident, has temporarily halted the encampment closure. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port Townsend voted in a special City Council meeting tonight to change
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Open letter from Well Organized Jefferson County to the City of Port Townsend and Jefferson County Commissioners: Dear Council members, Commissioners, and City Manager Mauro, We write as residents, organizations, service providers, and community partners, deeply concerned about the planned removal of the encampment at Evans Vista, near DSHS, scheduled
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] There is currently no place for the people living behind DSHS to go after the November 3 eviction date. Photo by Scott France [/caption] News by Scott France The City of Port Townsend is sticking with its plan to disband
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="4624"] Caswell-Brown houses roughly 20 residents and doesn’t have nearly enough capacity to help all of the unhoused population of Jefferson County. Photo by Scott France. [/caption] News by Scott France As forces contributing to homelessness in Jefferson County increase
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="777"] Sign at Mom’s Laundromat. Photo by Angela Downs. [/caption] News by Angela Downs Homelessness has always been a difficult and expensive social issue to solve, and despite the biases, it is largely not caused by drugs and mental health
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[caption id align="alignnone" width="2048"] The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines those experiencing homelessness as individuals or families with a primary nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for or ordinarily used as a regular sleeping accommodation