Portland’s homelessness crisis has reached a breaking point. Despite unprecedented public spending and countless new programs ...
In June, readers were invited to share their most pressing questions about homelessness. One common question stood out: How ...
This is the second time that Portland State University composed a report on homelessness in Clackamas, Multnomah and ...
Morillo told the Portland Mercury last week that sweeping encampments fails to address the root causes of homelessness and wastes funds on “short-term solutions.” The Mercury reported that Councilor ...
Portland's public fentanyl market surrounds a vacant building. People pull up in their cars, do a deal, pull out their foil ...
In June, we asked readers to send in their most burning questions about homelessness. One of the top questions was: How many homeless people are from outside Portland and why did they come here? This ...
Nearly 2,600 of the homeless people who were surveyed reported that they were living with serious mental illnesses.
There were 101 murders last year, exceeding the 92 in 2021 ZOMBIE-EYED and writhing on the streets, a groaning man collapses on the pavements of Portland ... the effects of a drug overdose — if they ...
In 2020, Oregon became the first state in America to decriminalize all drugs. Was it a catastrophic mistake? Has this famously progressive city been mugged by reality? Reason visited Portland and ...
President Trump wants far more homeless people forced into mandatory "long-term addiction" for mental health treatment. Critics say forcing Americans off the streets into institutions would be risky ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Fentanyl fueled a ...
When open, they’ll inch Mayor Keith Wilson a step closer to his goal to open 1,500 new shelter beds by Dec. 1. A woman rests on her assigned bed at Portland’s Salvation Army Female Emergency Shelter, ...