Portland’s homeless are about to have a new place to put their stuff.
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Sudden Safekeeping
The City’s Finally Giving Homeless People a Place to Put Their Things
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A Somber Census
Social Workers Count the Homeless Population Once Every Two Years. We Tagged Along.
Social workers count the homeless population once every two years. We tagged along.
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Blocked Out
The City Could Soon Double the Places Homeless People Can’t Sit
The city could soon double the places where homeless people can’t sit.
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Sweeping Up
Effort to Clean Up Campsites Raises Questions for Advocates
Advocates were briefed on the mayor’s plan to clean up homeless camps. They still have questions.
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Nobody’s Home
Lackluster Results, So Far, for Portland’s “Overnight Sleeping” Pilot Project
Lackluster results haunt Portland’s “overnight sleeping” pilot project.
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Hall Monitor
A Boost for Car Camping
The success story that Portland’s “overnight sleeping” program desperately needs.
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Not in My Parking Lot
Car Camping Plan Upsets Neighbors
In a test case for Portland’s car-camping program, neighbors freak out.
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Hall Monitor
When It Just Feels Right
With a smart hire for housing director, Nick Fish keeps Portland focused on homelessness issues.
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Death Behind a Dumpster
In the Heart of a Tourist Neighborhood, a Homeless Man Freezes to Death
The story of how a homeless man froze to death just steps from Portland’s busiest boutiques-and-tourist street.
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Free Parking
New Center Offers Safe Storage for Homeless
A new storage facility downtown will let homeless Portlanders stow their stuff.