House Bill 2489 would prevent local governments from enforcing anti-camping laws, removing encampments, or citing people for ...

The bill comes after the 2024 U.S. Supreme Court decision in the City of Grants Pass v. Johnson, which held that local ...

Last October, Tacoma City Council passed an amendment to expand areas where homeless encampment are prohibited. | Opinion ...

Seattle and other Washington cities could face new limits on when they can clear unauthorized homeless encampments under a ...

House Democrats advanced two proposals Monday that local officials fear could undo all the work Spokane has done downtown over the past several months to tackle ...

WASHINGTON — Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River. As night falls and temperatures drop, he erects a tent and builds a fire beneath a ...

SPOKANE, Wash. — A bill in the Washington State Legislature could change how Spokane handles homelessness. The "Shelter Not Penalties" Act would prevent cities from citing people for sleeping outside ...

As student homelessness worsens in Washington, advocates say key sources of funding could be cut or disrupted.

Volunteers slept out on the grounds of American Legion Post 175 in Washington on Friday night as part of a sleep-out organized by Washington County Department of Human Services Hunger and Homelessness ...

SEATTLE — Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown led a multistate lawsuit Tuesday challenging new homelessness funding restrictions by the Trump administration that could put 170,000 formerly ...

WASHINGTON — Every night, Abdullah Ibrahim retreats from the streets into a wooded stretch along the Potomac River. As night falls and temperatures drop, he erects a tent and builds a fire beneath a ...