homelessness

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As the state of Washington struggles to deal with growing homeless populations, Oregon is proposing a new approach.

The Yakima County Department of Human Services conducted the survey on February 24th across Yakima County.

The 2022 Point in Time survey of homeless people found 670 people experiencing homeless in Yakima County, an increase of 4% from the previous 2021 PIT Survey.

Mission Executive Director Mike Johnson tells KIT news homelessness in Yakima grew by 49% over the last year

Research has shown that over 70% of the people who are chronically homeless struggle with a serious health condition, including mental illness.

Best and several business owners will talk about the ongoing problem of homelessness during an appearance on The Morning News Thursday at 7:40 a.m. on KIT.

Public housing experts will be giving talks about efforts to provide affordable and sustainable housing developments in Yakima.

A one-hour special produced by Seattle's KOMO-TV and released within the past week is going viral in the Northwest.

City and county leaders say the property Northeast of the city sewage treatment plant and close to the Yakima Greenway pathway is the best area and that they'll use landscaping and rules to mitigate impacts to the area from homelessness.