Inslee’s office shoots down Tacoma’s attempt to restart more construction projects

Tacoma News Tribune | Allison Needles | April 24, 2020

The document also listed specific essential projects, including the downtown Convention Center Marriott Hotel, The Hailey Apartments, Tacoma Town Center, all Tacoma Housing Authority projects and the YWCA Family Housing project.

College Partner With Housing Authorities to Combat Student Homelessness
By Ashley Smith  |  October 16, 2018

“We had mass migration to Tacoma and Pierce County,” she said. "Tacoma rent went up and displaced people. Our folks that were struggling became homeless, and the City of Tacoma declared a state of emergency.”

New initiative aims to end youth homelessness in Pierce County. Best of all? It could work.

By Matt Driscoll  |  October 3, 2018

"By 2022, A Way Home Washington — a 2-year-old nonprofit that describes itself as a “public-private partnership” — wants to end youth homelessness in four counties across the state, at least as much as that’s possible.