Drug overdoses and medical conditions contributed to the largest number of deaths among the 126 people who died while homeless in Multnomah County in 2020, highlighting need for services, permanent housing. The last time Hope Yamasaki saw her son was at t ...
15 Dec 2021 - Latisha Jensen
Recent investments in congregate shelters raise questions about priorities, efficacy According to a recently announced spending plan to address homelessness jointly funded by the city of Portland and Multnomah County, local sheltering options will substan ...
24 Nov 2021 - Taylor Griggs
Advocates and officials agree: investment required beyond temporary shelter Sandra Fairbank has been unhoused for seven years, becoming homeless after leaving an abusive marriage. Since then, she has moved from camp to camp in different parts of the city ...
10 Nov 2021 - Taylor Griggs
The city has only identified two of six sites, hasn’t broken ground on a single camp or released information on contracted service providers Commissioner Dan Ryan’s goal to build six city-sanctioned outdoor homeless encampments by the end of the year appe ...
27 Oct 2021 - Taylor Griggs
After months of delays, OERAP is steadily distributing rental assistance funds, but the state may run out of money without more federal funds The Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP), plagued for months by technical glitches, staffing issues ...
20 Oct 2021 - Aurora Biggers
Analysis of sweeps in 2021 shows potential inconsistencies with CDC guidelines, instead correlate with the city's ‘reopening’ Sweeps of homeless encampments in Portland have stayed at a similar weekly average throughout 2021, aside from a few outlier ...
6 Oct 2021 - K. Rambo
More than four years after Daybreak closed, an interfaith group plans to reopen family shelters at various churches National housing nonprofit Family Promise is partnering with local churches to open shelters in East Portland by March 2022, according to B ...
22 Sep 2021 - Aurora Biggers
County officials say it will take until March to review all rental assistance applications, unsure when federal money will dispense Officials say some Multnomah County applications for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) will not be rev ...
1 Sep 2021 - Aurora Biggers
With three decades of experience working to house people in need, Bobby Weinstock shares his perspective on how to keep people housed Bobby Weinstock’s original career idea was to become a psychologist. Just shy of completing his graduate degree, he decid ...
25 Aug 2021 - Jay Boss Rubin
Oregon rental aid program flounders while clock on eviction protections for renters runs down, putting thousands at risk of eviction When Rae Bloodgood applied for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) in June, she knew she wasn’t going t ...
11 Aug 2021 - Aurora Biggers