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Portland shelters provide warmth to homeless

December 12, 2013
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The Portland Mercury, Dec. 9, 2013 See the end of this post for a list of available shelters. They were standing with a group of young people outside Union Gospel Mission. He was wearing snowpants and boots, two jackets and a hat. She was without a hat, in a jacket and gloves, and shivering as […]

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Mayor’s meeting on homelessness includes critics, housing advocates, police chief, staffers – but not the Portland Business Alliance

August 14, 2013
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By Denis C. Theriault, The Portland Mercury, August 14, 2013 Mayor Charlie Hales, as of this afternoon, has now had three informal meetings with business interests, law enforcement, and social services providers to get up to speed on homelessness—a difficult subject he announced he’d be taking on during his State of the City speech this […]

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With mental health funding cut and shelters at capacity, hundreds sleep on Portland streets

July 19, 2013
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By Elissa Harrington, KOIN 6 News, July 17, 2013 It’s a problem the city of Portland already spends $10 million on annually. “Mental health funding has been cut,” said one observer. “Housing prices haven’t gotten any better.” And so the shelters Portland does have are often full. On a given night there are more than […]

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Biennial homeless count finds 5% increase on Portland’s streets and in shelters

June 14, 2013
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From The Oregonian, June 14, 2013 The number of people who are homeless has increased 5 percent over the past two years, “despite our community’s continued investment in strategies to end homelessness,” according to the 2013 point-in-time homeless count, released Friday (6/14/2013). The biennial count gives a snapshot of the city’s homeless population. Outreach workers […]

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Beyond the Department of Justice Report: Cease Fire Now

September 17, 2012
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Guest Column for The Oregonian, September 18, 2012 By Jenny Westberg, representing the Board of the Mental Health Association of Portland We applaud the Department of Justice’s acknowledgement of the problem we have been talking about for years, but its recommendations to the Portland Police Bureau will only serve to extend that problem. They continue […]

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Aaron Campbell wasn’t an immediate threat, Portland police chief testified, so Officer Ron Frashour didn’t have a right to shoot him

June 8, 2012
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From The Oregonian, June 11, 2012 Portland Police Chief Mike Reese stressed multiple times during testimony before an arbitrator that Aaron Campbell posed no immediate threat to police before Officer Ronald Frashour shot him. “We don’t have a right to shoot him. He never displayed a weapon. He didn’t take any offensive action towards the […]

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Shot on the Street
What the Shooting of Two Homeless Men Ought to Mean for Portland’s Camping Ban

March 5, 2012
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By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, March 01, 2012 It was about 9pm on a blustery, rain-soaked Tuesday night — and, yet, thanks to a horde of Mardi Gras revelers, Old Town was unusually festive. Precisely what happened next isn’t exactly clear, but the basic inflections of the story, told by a handful of different […]

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Two Homeless Men Shot Under Morrison Bridge Were Turned Away From Shelter the Night Before

February 25, 2012
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By David Stabler, The Oregonian, Friday, February 24, 2012 Hours before they bedded down Tuesday night under the Morrison Bridge, Carter “Joe” Hickman and Albert “Allen” Dean, sought shelter at an Old Town homeless tent area, said Ibrahim Mubarak, who runs the shelter. They were turned away for lack of room — an increasingly common […]

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Portland Housing Bureau Awards $9 Million to 3 Low-Income Housing Developments

February 22, 2012
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Portland Housing Bureau, ‘News from PHB’, February 14, 2012 The Portland Housing Bureau is investing over $9 million in nonprofit developers to build and preserve affordable rental homes. Last fall, PHB announced the availability of funding through a competitive process and invited developers to submit proposals for either new construction or repair of existing apartments […]

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Portland awarded new funding for support homeless people living with HIV/AIDS

September 28, 2011
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From Just Out, September 27, 2011 It was announced [September 27, 2011] the Portland Housing Bureau received $1.365 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fund a variety of housing services, including short-term rent assistance, employment services, and permanent housing for people living with HIV and experiencing […]

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