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Homeless

Published
May 4, 2021

Prospective developers outline visions for Portland homeless services center

One of the proposals urges the city to rethink its plans for the Riverside Street site.
Published
May 3, 2021

Estimates for a new homeless shelter in Portland approach $20 million

The expected cost of building a new homeless services center on Riverside Street is more than double the city's $8 million estimate in 2017.
Published
April 21, 2021

Portland residents pursue referendum to block 200-bed homeless shelter

The proposal, which organizers hope to put on the November ballot, would limit the size of new shelters to 50 beds and thwart plans to build a new homeless services center in Riverton.
Published
January 12, 2021

New homeless shelter will ‘save lives,’ advocates say

Preble Street's 40-bed facility at the site of its former resource center will help shelter those who can't access other facilities.
Published
November 16, 2020

Homelessness in Portland approaching record levels

The increased numbers come as efforts to create more temporary and permanent shelter space remain in flux.

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Published
November 10, 2020

Portland’s plan to house homeless hits snag
Published
October 29, 2020

Portland moving temporary shelter occupants to prepare Expo as polling place

City officials say 'minor issues' have delayed the establishment of a temporary homeless shelter in a vacant county facility, but people are being moved into a hotel so voting can occur as usual.
Published
October 19, 2020

County offers corrections building as temporary homeless shelter in Portland

The community corrections center can accommodate about 50 people, and the state has agreed to pay for as many as 149 hotel beds as overflow space for the city's Oxford Street Shelter.
Published
September 16, 2020

Our View: Cumberland County should reconsider vote on homeless shelter

Officials need to work together to get through problems caused by COVID-19.
Published
September 15, 2020

County denies city request to shelter homeless at arena

With the availability of the Portland Expo ending next month the, city is looking elsewhere to find temporary shelter space.