Homelessness

Stevens County Commissioners repay Homelessness fund in full, vacate office and settle case after 18 months

On Monday, Wes McCart turned a check for about $48,000 over to Stevens County Treasurer Leslie Valz to cover the remaining balance in the homelessness funds lawsuit.

NCPR receives grant, will create renewable conestoga hut shelter to combat homelessness

One man’s trash could be turned into another’s home—that is if you ask Robert Merrill, who along with Northport Community Preservation and Restoration, is working to develop a prototype for temporary shelters using paper byproduct.

Stevens County Commissioners repay $121,000 to resolve homelessness fund suit

Stevens County Commissioners pay $121,000 to county treasurer and file brief asking to have civil case regarding their expenditure of homelessness funds dismissed as "moot." The checks were submitted by Commissioners Wes McCart and Don Dashiell less than two weeks before the next hearing in the s

Lawmakers seek to regulate homeless camps on church property

Washington cities like Lynnwood, Kirkland, Bothell, Seattle and Sammamish all have municipal codes regulating temporary homeless encampments.

Homeless youth support may be extended and refined by Senate  

 

First tiny home underway

The first tiny home of the Hope Street Project is being built by Wilder Construction LLC in Kettle Falls.