City and UW Tacoma want to start community conversations on homelessness next year
Dec. 26—Starting in 2023, the City of Tacoma and UW Tacoma will host community conversations on homelessness.
The council approved $20,000 on Dec. 20 from its contingency fund to sponsor the conversations. The conversations will be focused on immediate actions to address homelessness and coming up with solutions to housing and supportive services.
The partnership led by Tacoma Mayor Victoria Woodards and UW Tacoma Chancellor Sheila Edwards Lange is in its early stages. A planning meeting is scheduled for mid-January.
Woodards said at Tuesday's council meeting she believes the city can find new and innovative partnerships through community conversations. She also noted $101 million of funding to address homelessness and affordable housing was included in the recently passed biennial budget.
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