Portland City Council is set to vote on a new ordinance Wednesday that makes specific restrictions on unsanctioned camping.
Lillian Mongeau Hughes | The Oregonian/OregonLive Despite taking the first step towarddissolving Portland’s homeless services agreementwith Multnomah County Wednesday, Commissioner Rene Gonzalez acknowledged that the two entities would still have to work...
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The mayor of Portland, Oregon, plans to ban camping on city streets and move unhoused people to designated campsites, as the growing homeless population has become the top concern for the vast majority of residents. “The magnitude and the depth of the home...
The three counties in the Portland area spent$112 millionlast year on housing services. That does not include the millions of dollars spent each year on building housing with Portland and Metro’s affordable housing bonds. Metro’s two new income taxes for “supportive housing services” is expe...
“this is an oregon issue, not just a portland issue,” wheeler said. governor spokesperson charles boyle’s office said addressing oregon’s housing crisis was one of the governor’s “top priorities” and that she was pursuing “the same evidenced-based strategies to address housing ...
Oregon is one state that comes to mind, and Portland specifically. At last count Portland had a homeless population of over 14,000 people including children and families. This is repeated throughout the country and there is sadly no end in sight. It is Steri-Clean's goal to assist cities...
As recently as last spring, Multnomah County officials running the Joint Office of Homeless Services, which is funded in part by the city of Portland,had significantly underspent proceedsfrom the homeless services tax. The county has made significant progress since then, sai...
The continued increase in homelessness in Portland, Oregon is in part a result of the systemic restructuring of the welfare state as well as a shift in local governance purviews. Primarily this has eradicated the affordable housing stock in the city which is compounded by the limited ...
(2006). 55 Data Collection Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria The participants for this study were drawn from the population of homeless women located in Portland, Oregon. The inclusion criteria were women: 1. 50 years of age and older who were homeless or housed only within the two previous ...
Another interesting phenomenon is the existence of tiny home villages. The outskirts of Portland, Oregon hold a tiny house village called Dignity Village. Unlike other homeless programs, Dignity Village formed organically and is governed and run by its residents. City and community support in the 20...