The program has helped 290 people at Camp Hope reestablish core identification, an essential first step to finding employment and housing.
The shelter is a linchpin of Spokane’s homelessness response.
CIVICS | After news that Hope House would close its decades-old women’s shelter, the city council appears poised to prioritize funding for existing shelters.
“The long and short of it is, none of the information has been substantiated.”
Inside the competing timelines for Camp Hope and the values shaping the future for the encampment’s residents.
Sheriff Knezovich plans to sweep the encampment the day before Veterans Day, but a lot remains unclear.
CIVICS: We also have a property tax increase, redistricting decisions and county zoning changes.
Despite the confession, the employee was kept on staff and was even listed as the “financial representative” of record on the $6.5 million Trent contract, raising questions about the Guardians’ internal processes and the city’s financial controls.
On his way out the door last month, former Spokane Neighborhood, Housing and Human Services Director John Hall sent 27 pages of recommendations to the Mayor’s office. He also raised concerns about tens of millions of unspent housing dollars.
The county’s resolution to sue the state is the latest in a long-line of decisions that spurned public engagement.
It’s unclear why Knezovich feels he has authority to sweep a camp that SPD has said it does not have the authority to clear.
The state dismissed the city’s deadlines on the same day the city renewed demands the shelter on WSDOT property be removed.
