Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Homelessness continues to be Portland's "most important problem," according to results from a new poll commissioned by The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At a budget meeting Tuesday, Multnomah County officials told commissioners homelessness would likely rise between now and June ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — On the first day of 2026, many people facing homelessness on Portland streets carried over ongoing challenges as they looked ahead to the new year. "My New Year's resolution is to ...

Nathaniel VerGow, a former leader at the Los Angeles County Homeless Services Authority, is now in his third month as Multnomah County’s Homeless Services director. VerGow started his new job as one ...

Portland police say Portland’s homelessness situation has reached a tipping point. Since May 26, they’ve been scouring the Central Eastside most days to push out the “entrenched” campers who’ve taken ...

Portland’s in the midst of a homelessness crisis worse than anything the city’s seen in decades. Each year in Multnomah County, thousands of people fall into homelessness, joining the thousands who ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is urging residents to volunteer and donate to the city's homeless services, warning that federal intervention could follow if the community doesn't ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As attorneys and other staff in cities up and down the West Coast are combing through a federal appeals court ruling issued this week to figure out if and how it impacts their local ...

Robert Marbut, a senior policy advisor to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, was in Portland Tuesday to walk local leaders through the Trump administration’s thinking on ...

The homelessness crisis in Portland, Oregon, has completely changed the everyday lives of residents due to drug use and crime in the city. “Sweeps are expensive, they are cruel, and they’re ...