For years the Tacoma shelter has provided a place for people to do laundry, take showers and receive free meals.

A month after losing nearly 200 shelter beds, homeless outreach workers say the City of Tacoma continues to remove encampments, leaving those living unhoused with nowhere to go.

A Tacoma program intended to bring healthcare to the unhoused faces further challenges as several employees have left the program just months after it started.

Tacoma sought $6M to keep 300 shelter beds open but got $3M, saving 140 beds. Shelter closures will impact Tacoma’s and Pierce County’s homelessness efforts.

The city had requested $6 million in state funding to maintain and expand shelter operations but is only receiving half of that amount.