Controversial “street sweeps” carried out by the City of Vancouver between 2021 and 2023 to clear makeshift housing and personal belongings from public spaces put homeless residents at greater risk, a ...

Reporter Paul Valencia toured homeless camps near Vancouver’s Share House, witnessing drug use, sidewalk blockages, and the ...

SEATTLE — Eight-year-old Genna Green hugged her mother, Pamela, as they gazed at a banner that read, “Welcome Home!” This moment, captured in a 1992 front-page story in The Columbian, marked a ...

The Vancouver City Council on Monday agreed to buy a $1.3 million metal building for a planned homeless shelter. The city last year bought 3 acres that include the former Naydenov Gymnastics building ...

VANCOUVER, WASH. (KATU) — Residents of a Vancouver building are expressing frustration over a new homeless encampment that they say is causing chaos in their neighborhood. The encampment, located ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Clark County’s homeless population has grown despite local efforts to boost shelter space. Council For the Homeless recently unveiled its latest Point in Time Count that shows ...

Today, federal, provincial, and territorial ministers responsible for housing met in Vancouver, British Columbia, to discuss solutions to key housing ...

Dave Miller / OPB It was below freezing and early in the morning on Jan. 30 when outreach workers and volunteers scattered across Vancouver for Clark County’s annual Point-in-Time Count of people ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. (KATU) — Homeless encampments along highways in Washington state may have to sit along the busy roads for a bit longer. According to the Washington State Department of Transportation ...

VANCOUVER, Wash. — A Vancouver church is out thousands of dollars after they say a homeless man set fire to their porta-potty, with flames spreading to their shed early Monday morning. “The best we ...