PHOTOS | Advocates participating in the weeklong Give Us Shelter March are calling for Oregon to declare a state of emergency on housing Advocating for a state of emergency to be declared on Oregon’s housing crisis, demonstrators set off from Portland on ...
31 May 2019 - Street Roots
While more people were sleeping in shelters, Multnomah County's overall homeless population spiked, according to the county's latest Point-In-Time count It’s not surprising Portland saw a 10 percent increase in homelessness from 2016 to 2017. Th ...
23 Jun 2017 - Street Roots
Los Angeles and Seattle have also seen an increase in homelessness – and they're taking action Multnomah County's overall homeless population has increased 10 percent since 2015, according to the 2017 Homeless Point-In-Time count. But Portland i ...
22 Jun 2017 - Street Roots