Tacoma shelters face $10M shortfall after pandemic funds end

The City of Tacoma is facing a gap in funding, a gap equal to paying for 307 beds in emergency shelters set up across Tacoma.

Tacoma and other area municipalities have recently enacted restrictions or bans on homeless encampments.

So where are people experiencing homelessness supposed to go, if the city is unable to fund these shelters?

“That’s the question,” said Caleb Carbone, the homeless strategy systems and service manager in the city’s Neighborhood and Community Services program. “And that’s something for [City] Council to consider, as they’re thinking about how they can create a budget that’s sustainable and how we can support them, with letting them know ‘What is the need?’”

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