Homelessness

People for Portland, the nonprofit political group pushing political leaders to take a more aggressive approach to homelessness, appears to have given up on its attempts to get a measure on the November ballot.

Homelessness used to mainly be a problem for bigger cities. But nowadays, a mixture of high housing costs, the pandemic, and a lack of mental health services, means homeless camps are popping-up in smaller towns too.

Share is the largest provider of homeless services in Southwest Washington, with roughly 150 employees and a $13.7 million budget in 2020. Current and former workers allege being ignored about dangerous work environments and improper firings.

What will eventually be Eugene’s largest transitional shelter site is roughly halfway completed. Everyone Village in west Eugene is aiming to provide 100 spaces on its acreage, and give residents a safe and secure environment.

Multnomah County residents have one more chance to weigh in on a budget that will put $255 million — a historically large investment — toward trying to turn around the region’s worsening homeless crisis.

A Multnomah County judge ruled Monday that an effort to radically alter the way the Portland region addresses homelessness cannot move forward in its current form.

Some homeless services organizations in Portland are borrowing a concept from the commercial real estate world to quickly house people experiencing homelessness. Now they’re looking to scale up the use of what’s called master leasing.

Bend city councilors approved new zoning to draw homeless shelters, but not without making some concessions.

For 70 years, Portland’s Blanchet House has served free, hot meals three times a day, to anyone who would like one. Earlier this month, they reopened to indoor dining for the first time in two years.

Portland has settled with a group of individuals who sued last year over the way the city conducts homeless sweeps.