By Matt Maizel An updated Housing Needs Analysis has been completed by Tillamook County’s Housing Commission, findings were presented to the Board of Commissioners and now the Commission is developing a strategic…
Category: Housing
MLK Day of Service: TCCA helps Habitat for Humanity Ramps & Rails, Restore Projects
Each year since 1986, on the third Monday in January, a day established to honor Martin Luther King and bring attention to his work for civil rights, has become about more than…
HOMELESS CONNECT EVENT WEDNESDAY, JAN. 29 AT SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH GYM
Tillamook, Oregon – Community Action Resource Enterprises, Inc. (CARE) announces its annual Homeless Connect event, to be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, from 2-5pm at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church gym…
Making Our Communities Age Friendly
By Neal Lemery, for the Pioneer In ten years, our population of seniors 75 years and older will double. Yet, only 1% of our housing has the amenities that will allow seniors…
CARE Gathers Donations, Prepares for 2020 Homeless Connect
CARE is excited to share that preparations for Project Homeless Connect 2020 are well underway. People can get involved by donating tents, tarps and sleeping bags at Tillamook County Libraries, by visiting…
OP/ED: Lack of housing for individuals who experience disability is a social justice issue
By Joe Wykowski, Founder and Executive Director, Community Vision & Angela Hult, Executive Director, Wayne D. Kuni and Joan E. Kuni Foundation Individuals who experience disabilities are regularly denied basic human rights….
Tillamook County Housing Summit: Over 70 Community Leaders Convened Oct. 29th to Discuss Solutions, Share Ideas to Address County’s Housing Crisis
By Laura Swanson “Tillamook County has a housing crisis,” echoed dozens of community members in a video debuted by Tillamook County Community Development Director Sarah Absher on Tuesday October 29th as over…
Tillamook Warming Shelter Needs Volunteers to Open for Season – Trainings Oct. 30th & Nov. 6th
On the coldest and most miserable nights in Tillamook, would you like to help those experiencing homelessness? CARE is once again partnering with volunteers in the community to create a warming center…
GUEST COLUMN: Compassion for Our Neighbors
By Tillamook County Board of Commissioners Lack of available housing is one of the biggest challenges in our area. This includes housing of all kinds: emergency housing for the homeless, supported housing…
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month – Tides of Change and Habitat for Humanity Come Together for Projects to Support Shelters
By Matt Maizel October 1st marks the beginning of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to acknowledge and connect those who work to end intimate partner violence. For those impacted by domestic…
