The Community Homelessness Advisory Board met on Tuesday at the Washoe County Administrative Complex. Local agencies presented recently collected data on homelessness and affordable housing to the board.
The Washoe County Human Services Agency (WCHSA) said its programs have been successful, but its four shelters — the CARES Campus, Safe Camp, Our Place Family Shelter, and Our Place Women’s Shelter — are running out of beds. They last counted 1,389 unhoused people in its shelters last January, meaning 85% of its 1,696 total beds are occupied.
“We need to be able to be flexible and to be able to pivot to be able to continue to increase capacity,” said Ryan Gustafson, WCHSA Director…