One of the largest and most controversial overnight-only shelters opened under Portland Mayor Keith Wilson’s plan to end ...

Between the city of Portland and Multnomah County, hundreds of shelter beds are set to disappear in the coming months. The ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homelessness continues to be Portland's "most important problem," according to results from a new poll commissioned by The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland-area homeless shelter provider is set to lay off nearly 200 employees, in addition to closing several of its shelters. Sunstone Way will eliminate 175 roles on or ...

In a 10-month period, the Salvation Army billed the city of Portland nearly $2 million for shelter staff alone at the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On the first day of 2026, many people facing homelessness on Portland streets carried over ongoing challenges as they looked ahead to the new year. "My New Year's resolution is to ...

Ten years ago, Portland said it would end homelessness. Today thousands still sleep outside every night in the metro area. Surveys show we have as many homeless now as in 2007. A decade ago, federal ...

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 ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The City of Portland is preparing to remove a homeless camp that has built up outside the former Assembly Brewing location on Southeast Foster Road. On Thursday, clean-up crews ...

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