Editor’s note: In June, we asked readers to send in their most burning questions about homelessness. One of the top questions was: How many homeless people are from outside Portland and why did they ...
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Portland's homeless residents reflect on safety, seek solutions amid new shelter options in 2026
As Portland enters the new year, the city's homeless population grapples with ongoing challenges despite additional shelter beds, while bracing for colder weather.
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Despite shelter improvements, Oregon’s homelessness crisis is growing
Unsheltered homelessness increased 75% between 2023 and 2025 in Multnomah County, according to the latest data. Despite ...
The ballot included two measures. One would require public hearings and wider notice when large housing projects are proposed. Oregon, Washington consider bans on law enforcement masks to conceal ...
PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Mayor Keith Wilson spoke out against proposed cuts to homeless encampment sweeps on Monday, ahead of a scheduled vote by the Portland City Council on the Fall Supplemental ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The homeless population in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties surged by 61% over two years, according to new data. The latest Point-In-Time Count, conducted by ...
The ban is set to be enforced starting Nov. 1, but some key players say they are in the dark. FILE: A woman rests on her assigned bed at Portland’s Salvation Army Female Emergency Shelter, or SAFES, ...
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It’s become conventional wisdom that mismanagement has kept Multnomah County from solving its homelessness crisis, despite an influx of cash from a 2020 Metro levy. Critics, often quoted in this ...
PORTLAND, Oregon — The Portland City Council voted against a measure to halt homeless encampment sweeps during a contentious meeting, following a week of jabs between the Portland mayor and ...
Three camps are owned and operated not by the city, but by Elk Island Trading Group, a landowner that flips blighted real estate. Under an overpass in Roseburg, Oregon, six-foot privacy fencing ...
People who oppose the sweeps have argued that they are inhumane and that the city is just moving people from one side of the street to the other. “Sweeps are expensive, they are cruel, and they’re ...
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