The City of Tacoma raised millions of dollars in 2021 to convert a Hosmer property into an emergency homeless shelter, run by the Low-Income Housing Institute. While the shelter hasn't met expectations, it's now transitioning to a more permanent solution. It was a new approach for the city, and the goal was to give people a place to stay as they secure permanent, affordable housing. “Permanent, affordable housing in any county is very scarce,” says Victoria Delucia of the Low Income Housing Institute (LiHi). “So the best thing that we could’ve done as an agency is purchase outright a building where we could easily renovate and convert.” READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/emergency-shelter-transitions-to-permanent-housing/281-ec3d24d9-798b-44fb-bfac-d54bd6dc263f