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Officials say the ‘camping ban’ is meant to offer resources to homeless Portlanders. None of them are tracking whether it’s working.
Alex Banuelos remembers how the rules changed Nov. 1. Banuelos, 42, said he’s been homeless for a year and a half and was living in an encampment in Portland’s Old Town neighborhood when police approached to begin enforcing the city’s ban on setting up tents or structures on public property. He watched as officers homed…
1,566 fewer beds: The full extent of recent Portland shelter closures and proposed cuts
Editor’s note: The print version of this story (“A thousand cuts” on page 4 of the May 27, 2026 issue) misstated the number of city-funded shelter units set to be cut by omitting proposed increases at three city-funded shelters from the final totals. In fact, if proposed changes are finalized, the city will have 626…
