Advocacy is for Everyone
Standing together to protect housing programs and the people they serve.
Our community's federal homelessness funding is in jeopardy.
The federal government has signaled a shift in policy that next year would cut support for long-term housing programs, sending people who struggle with disabilities and who battled homelessness for years back onto the streets.
The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) Senate bill would affect HUD's Continuum of Care (CoC) funding process, upending decades of best practices, and leaving more than 170,000 people who had previously been experiencing homelessness at risk of losing their housing.
If passed into law, these changes would directly affect 48 households currently served by Share. Hundreds more households served by additional local homeless service providers (part of the Clark County Continuum of Care) would also be impacted.
Learn MoreWashington State Takes Action
Washington state Attorney General Nick Brown has filed suit over HUD policy that would put more people into homelessness.
- About $120 million in these grants comes to Washington annually, with most going to the five counties with the greatest need — King, Pierce, Snohomish, Spokane, and Clark counties. The remaining $25 million is distributed to Washington's other 34 counties, which are largely rural.
- The coalition also includes the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Vermont, Wisconsin, and the governors of Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
Looking for Housing?
If you are in need of shelter or know someone who is, please call (360) 448-2121
The Clark County Resource Guide provides access to important connections in the community related to housing and homelessness.
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