The HOPE program would aim to get people living on the street into a house without a stop at the shelter.
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Portland facing possible 9.5% tax hike as City Council begins budget process
The council got its first look Monday night at the challenges going into next year as it begins months of work on the 2025 budget.
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Portland City Council sets housing, diversity and climate as top goals for next year
The new City Council met for the second time on Monday to set goals for the upcoming year.
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Portland jetport plan to cut trees, add surface parking draws opposition
The controversy comes as newly elected Mayor Mark Dion has identified fighting climate change and expanding Portland’s tree canopy as priorities for his administration.
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Portland won’t pause homeless sweeps this winter. Now what?
After the City Council rejected a proposal to allow public camping for the winter, residents of the city’s largest homeless encampment at Harbor View Park say they are angry, scared and confused.
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City Council shoots down proposal to allow public camping through the winter
Order 68, which would have ended sweeps of the city’s homeless encampments through April, failed on a 6-3 vote early Tuesday.
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Zoning change would allow large housing project in Portland, but neighbors say it goes too far
East Deering residents argue that the development would bring significant traffic and degrade the area’s natural beauty.
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Portland City Council approves temporary expansion of city homeless shelter
Work on the expansion will begin promptly and is expected to take about four weeks to complete. The council also approved an agreement that would allow a professional soccer team to play at Fitzpatrick Stadium.
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Proposal to allow homeless encampments in Portland draws ire from city departments, residents
The City Council will hear a first read of a new proposal to allow public camping through the winter and also will vote for the third time on a proposal to temporarily expand shelter capacity.
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Mark Dion elected Portland mayor after ranked-choice runoff
Election officials gathered at City Hall on Wednesday morning to calculate the results of the ranked-choice ballots after none of the 5 candidates received more than 50% of the vote.