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  1. City of Portland posts many homeless encampments at least twice before a sweep

    The city extends the legal window for sweeps by posting and reposting encampments, which can cause distress and logistical issues for unhoused Portlanders Imagine being told you have between three and 10 days to move, with no way of knowing if the time wi ...

    22 Jun 2022 - K. Rambo

  2. Editorial | Street Roots launches independent Sweep Tracker

    Street Roots’ independent Sweep Tracker will use crowdsourced information to provide accountability The only source for quantitative data on homeless encampment sweeps in Portland is the city agency responsible for conducting those sweeps — or most of the ...

    1 Jun 2022 - SR editorial board

  3. Neighborhood associations demand criminal background checks in Safe Rest Villages citywide, prompting discrimination concerns

    City officials did not say if background checks are being considered Neighborhood associations expanded a demand for residents of Safe Rest Villages near schools to undergo criminal background checks in a May 16 email to Mayor Ted Wheeler and city commiss ...

    25 May 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  4. Despite increased capacity, still not enough shelter beds

    There are only 1,600 shelter beds in Multnomah county for more than 4,000 people experiencing homelessness Despite increasing capacity since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Multnomah County’s supply of publicly-supported shelter beds for people ex ...

    30 Mar 2022 - Melanie Henshaw

  5. Business owners asked for sweeps and got them

    Close ties raise questions about fairness in the city’s effort to alleviate homelessness After weeks of failed attempts to get homeless Portlanders cleared from several streets downtown near Northwest Third Avenue to make way for a pending event, Daniel K ...

    30 Mar 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  6. Editorial | Introducing The Orange Fence Project

    Focusing on homelessness policy, enforcement and impact in Portland Street Roots is launching a long-term reporting project and new coverage section: The Orange Fence Project. The project, which focuses on homelessness policy, enforcement and impact in Po ...

    9 Mar 2022 - SR editorial board

  7. All 6 Safe Rest Village sites are confirmed, what’s next?

    Under emergency authorization from Portland mayor, Dan Ryan announces new SRV site locations W hen Portland Commissioner Dan Ryan introduced the Safe Rest Village initiative last year, he planned to have six new tiny home-style homeless shelter villages o ...

    9 Mar 2022 - Taylor Griggs

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