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Renters in need of assistance can continue to apply online or over the phone through Community Action.

Westside Pitch Competition for startup businesses in Washington County.

Due to dangerous conditions, Washington County has activated inclement weather shelters that will open their doors to anyone seeking shelter through the winter weather event. These beds supplement the Winter Shelter program which provides 187 shelter beds from November 15, 2021 to March 15, 2021 for individuals, families, and medically fragile adults. Unhoused people seeking shelter should present in person at the locations listed below:

Community members are invited to learn more about bridge shelters and share their input

Washington County transitions to a new emergency alert system to align with state.

Help increase potential development of more housing options by completing a survey and sharing your ideas in Washington County’s Middle Housing Online Open House now through Aug. 13.

To address the homelessness crisis, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) developed the House America initiative. House America is a federal effort to decrease homelessness by re-housing families and individuals into stable, affordable housing and by creating new units of affordable and supportive housing to serve people experiencing homelessness.