(AP) — Homeless people who camp on public property in Portland, Oregon, and reject offers of shelter could be fined up to $100 or sentenced to up to seven days in jail under new rules approved ...
Last week, Portland ... ban public camping if a person has access to what’s described as “reasonable alternative shelter.” But if that shelter is not available, the new rules put more ...
outdoor shelter in Southeast Portland, is supposed to be the city’s model for how to serve chronically homeless Portlanders, and allow the city to enforce its camping ban policy. We visited the ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — On Thursday morning ... Madden and his team have been waiting to build on a lot surrounded by the homeless camp that keeps coming back despite the city's efforts to remove ...
The Supreme Court will decide if cities can implement laws that punish people for sleeping outside. Bishops oppose the ban, ...
Just before 11 p.m., officers and crews from Portland Fire & Rescue responded to the bike path near Southeast 93rd and Powell Boulevard on report of the stabbing at a homeless camp. On arrival ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — Staff working at organizations that help homeless people downtown Portland often find themselves on the front lines of the city's addiction crisis, responding to overdoses right ...
while on a tour of some Southeast Portland neighborhoods with City Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, we encountered a homeless man named Kevin. He’s a double amputee after being shot in 2016.