Pierce County officials report that at least 2,600 people are living on the streets, largely due to a lack of affordable housing, which has led to the rise of makeshift communities.
Pierce County leaders are getting a clearer picture of its vulnerable population — those suffering from homelessness.County officials report that at least 2,600 people are living on the streets, largely due to a lack of affordable housing, which has led to the rise of makeshift communities. Pierce County has earmarked $2.5 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds for a low-barrier site outside Tacoma, yet finding a suitable location remains challenging.
So there's a little bit of science around thinking about how many homeless people we have across Pierce County, where they come from, where they lived before they became homeless, and making sure that we put our shelters in the communities where they were last recently housed, not only just for an equity perspective across the county, but also for ease of services and recognizing that people often want to be housed where they know people, they know the grocery store, they know the community.
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