If protecting the “local mom-and-pop landlord” is the goal, then the means testing should be for the owner, not the renter. | ...

The percentage of Tacoma’s homeless population that reports coming from outside the city grew from 2024 to this year, according to data from Pierce County’s annual survey of people living unhoused.

The city says it follows a respectful process to store belongings, but one person who lost her stuff said, "There is no humanity in it." ...

Tacoma's share of unhoused reporting previous residency in city dropped to 22% City lost 200 shelter beds in 2025, now provides 860 of county's total capacity Officials push to expand shelter services ...