Between the city of Portland and Multnomah County, hundreds of shelter beds are set to disappear in the coming months. The ...
In a 10-month period, the Salvation Army billed the city of Portland nearly $2 million for shelter staff alone at the Northwest Northrup shelter.
A multiyear push to increase Portland’s homeless shelter capacity seems to have come to an end. After regularly celebrating newly opened shelters every year since 2022, the city and Multnomah County ...
In 2020, Portland area voters passed a 1% tax on businesses and high-income earners on the promise it would “end our homelessness crisis” – a campaign catchphrase – in 10 years. Five years and $1.4 ...
Portland police say Portland’s homelessness situation has reached a tipping point. Since May 26, they’ve been scouring the Central Eastside most days to push out the “entrenched” campers who’ve taken ...
Frustrated with livability issues, the group behind "Pearl Patrol" is hoping a neighborhood presence will make a difference.
PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is urging residents to volunteer and donate to the city's homeless services, warning that federal intervention could follow if the community doesn't ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — As attorneys and other staff in cities up and down the West Coast are combing through a federal appeals court ruling issued this week to figure out if and how it impacts their local ...
Portland’s in the midst of a homelessness crisis worse than anything the city’s seen in decades. Each year in Multnomah County, thousands of people fall into homelessness, joining the thousands who ...