Voluntarily Homeless: Portland Spent $65,000 Offering Shelter and Housing to 100 “Unhoused Individuals” — Only 18 Accepted
Information released this month by Portland officials revealed that the city’s effort to place roughly 100 homeless individuals in shelters or affordable housing cost taxpayers $65,000 and resulted in just 18 people accepting the offer. Nonprofit groups, in partnership with the city, staged a table outside of the Fore River Parkway encampment for several weeks […]
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