The City of Tacoma is preparing to lose more than 350 homeless shelter beds in 2025 due to a funding deficit. City officials say the only hope to keep the beds is to receive money from the state Legislature.
Caleb Carbone is the homeless strategy, systems and services manager with the City of Tacoma’s Neighborhood and Community Services Department.
On Dec. 10, Carbone briefed the City Council on the anticipated loss of a collective 379 beds at seven different homeless shelters.
The shelters are:
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Bethlehem Baptist Church – 40 beds set to be lost in June 2025
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Altheimer Memorial Church – 32 beds set to be lost in June 2025
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Shiloh Baptist Church – 40 beds set to be lost in March 2025
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Tacoma Emergency Micro-Shelter Site No. 3 – 60 beds set to be lost in June 2025
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Holy Rosary Safe Parking – 40 units set to be lost in June 2025
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Forging Path Community – 135 beds set to be lost in June 2025
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Freedom Project – 32 beds set to be lost in June 2025
In an interview with The News Tribune, Carbone said the city’s reduction of the shelters is not a surprise.