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Housing WA program to clear roadside encampments needs more money to keep going
Washington’s work cleaning up encampments along state highways is helping get unsheltered people into housing.
But the state Department of Transportation says expanding the program and maintaining its progress will require more money.
In the two years since the right-of-way safety initiative launched, the department has helped close 47 encampment sites in five counties. Two of the 49 originally targeted sites are still active.
At the end of August, 1,208 people living in the encampments accepted housing, and 891 are still in housing, according to the department.
https://washingtonstatestandard.com/2024/10/15/wa-program-to-clear-roadside-encampments-needs-more-money-to-keep-going/