The low-barrier seasonal shelter opens as the coldest winter months hit As the most bitter winter months hit Portland, local nonprofit All Good Northwest opened a seasonal overnight shelter in North Portland at the Portsmouth Union Church with funding fro ...
17 Jan 2024 - K. Rambo
Multnomah County’s 2022 Domicile Unknown report finds 315 homeless residents died amid surge in overdoses, homicides, self-harm deaths and traffic fatalities Editor’s note: This story discusses drug overdoses, self-harm and violence. A record of at least ...
20 Dec 2023 - K. Rambo
Homeless Portlanders, service providers prepare for Nov. 13 sleeping ban enforcement while the mayor's office goes quiet Less than two weeks before the city is set to enforce its wide-reaching public sleeping ban Nov. 13 — days after nighttime temper ...
8 Nov 2023 - K. Rambo
In a city where homeless people are already much more likely to face arrest than housed people, officials have a ‘new’ proposal: warn, fine and arrest homeless Portlanders Update: Portland City Council passed the ordinance discussed in this story June 7. ...
6 Jun 2023 - K. Rambo