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 ...
Hoodline

Portland's Street Services Coordination Center Tackles Homelessness with Compassionate Action

Portland's SSCC aids the homeless with shelter and resources while addressing health and safety by removing hazardous camps.
The Daily Astorian

Commentary: Portland illustrates difficulty of helping the unhoused

Approaching his first anniversary in office, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, who ran most prominently on grappling seriously with the city’s homelessness troubles, just made a major course shift. It may, ...
Washington Examiner

Year in review: Homelessness crisis in Portland changes everyday lives of residents due to drug use and crime

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 ...
Oregonian

Portland City Council narrowly rejects proposal to cut millions for homeless camp removals

The Portland City Council on Wednesday narrowly rejected a proposal to drastically scale back a program that cleans and removes thousands of homeless encampments throughout the city each year. The ...
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Portland mayor set an ‘unrealistic goal’ for shelter beds – and is poised to hit it. Will it end unsheltered homelessness?

Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is on the cusp of achieving one of his primary campaign promises: Setting up 1,500 new shelter beds by Dec. 1. As of Sunday, Portland has 890 city-funded shelter beds – ...
KGW8

See the latest snapshot of Portland's homeless crisis. This is what the data looks like.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Over the last two years, the Portland metro area's homeless population saw a staggering 61% increase according to the latest report compiling data from Clackamas, Multnomah and ...