While renewing a lease might be routine to some, for Katie Vongthongthip and Chance Newbill, it was a moment of celebration as they fulfilled what once felt like an impossible dream.
When Sean Metevia started his career in law enforcement 20 years ago, a call for service related to a homeless person was rare.
For the first time, home-care workers are providing weekly support to elderly unhoused people staying at the Union Gospel ...
For the first time in the history of Union Gospel Mission's Vancouver shelter, home-care aid workers are making weekly visits to help seniors with basic tasks like taking a shower.
The risk of homelessness looms large for many across the country as people deal with job loss and economic uncertainty brought on by the coronavirus pandemic. The National Alliance to End Homelessness ...
A new municipal report set to come before Vancouver council next week urges the city to shift its responsibility for meeting ...
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 ...
As temperatures plummeted during one of the coldest winters in recent years, Marceline “Maman” Tawembi, a 69-year-old grandmother, tragically died on the streets of Ottawa, Ontario, on January 10.
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 ...