A security guard tries to roust campers Monday morning in Old Town. Dirk Vanderhart Last night was bitterly cold, and that weather pattern is expected to stick around. With the National Weather Service predicting freezing temperatures over the next two nights, the Portland-area’s severe weather shelter system kicked into gear last night—and might be open […]
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Portland Has Strict Standards For Outlawing Sidewalk Sitting—Unless Cops Ask
Now the recent decision to expand no-sit sidewalks has created a headache for Mayor Ted Wheeler
Now the recent decision to expand no-sit sidewalks has created a headache for Mayor Ted Wheeler.
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A New 200-Bed Shelter in Old Town Is Inching Forward
Plans to create what could be Portland’s largest permanent homeless shelter are pressing forward, despite neighborhood opposition and a city commitment to not expand social services in Old Town. On November 20, architects representing Multnomah County filed an application [PDF] with the city’s code-enforcement office, asking for early assistance as the county works toward building […]
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Activists Are Planning a Sit-In to Protest New No-Sit Sidewalks
City of Portland Portland law now says no one can sit on the sidewalk outside of Columbia Sportswear’s flagship store on Southwest Broadway from 7 am to 9 pm daily. So of course Portland’s Resistance is holding a sit-in. The local activist group announced last night it’s organizing an action Saturday in protest of the […]
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The City Just Approved Its Largest Affordable Housing Project in 50 Years
But Not Without Concerns About High Costs and Homelessness
But not without concerns about high costs and homelessness.
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Affordable Housing Could Be Decimated Under the Republican Tax Plan
And Congressman Greg Walden Is Stonewalling Concerned Providers in His District
And Congressman Greg Walden is stonewalling concerned providers in his district.
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Hall Monitor: The Earthquake Exemption
Should Building Owners Be Able to Duck Renter Relocation Payments While Performing Seismic Upgrades?
Should building owners be allowed to duck renter relocation payments while performing seismic upgrades?
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Portland’s New Supportive Housing Push Could Cost $300 Million—Just for Starters
Bud Clark Commons, in Northwest Portland, is a high-profile supportive housing project. The mood in city hall was upbeat last week, when Portland City Council set into motion a plan that could see 2,000 units of deeply affordable housing sprout up in the city during the next decade. As we reported at the time, the […]
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North Portland’s Piedmont Neighborhood Is Warring Over a Nonexistent Homeless Camp
Kenton Women’s Village was approved by the Kenton Neighborhood Association earlier this year. Photo Courtesy of Catholic Charities A number of residents in North Portland’s Piedmont Neighborhood are looking to slap a new label on any property owner who helps a homeless camp or shelter to spring up without a formal okay from nearby residents: […]
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New Data Breaks Down Portland’s Homeless Population in Minute Detail
Roughly a quarter of Portland’s unsheltered homeless residents were homeless when they moved to Multnomah County, and most of them came here because of family and friends or job opportunities. Another 18.6 percent moved here for access to services and resources. That’s one new takeaway available in the county’s full 2017 “point in time” count […]
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Mayor Ted Wheeler is Looking to Buy Mobile Bathrooms for Southeast Portland’s Homeless
Here’s what restroom trailers look like in Denver. City and County of Denver Step aside food carts, public restrooms might become the latest Portland sensation on wheels. Backing up a hint he dropped in a recent press conference, Mayor Ted Wheeler is mulling spending nearly $160,000 to purchase and operate two mobile restroom trailers meant […]
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Portland is Plotting to Set Aside 2,000 Apartments For Its Hardest-to-Reach Homeless Residents
Bud Clark Commons—perhaps Portland’s best known permanent supportive housing development. Sometime in the next six months or so, local officials are going to present a case for how Portland can dramatically increase housing for its most down-and-out individuals. In a unanimous and long-portended vote this morning, the Portland City Council voted to order up a […]