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TENTS NOW CROWD DOWNTOWN RETAIL CORRIDORS IN PORTLAND. AN ESTIMATED 6,000 PEOPLE ARE LIVING HOMELESS IN THE METROPOLITAN REGION, A 50% SURGE OVER 2019./ANGELA HART/KHN

Sobering Lessons In Untying The Knot Of A Homeless Crisis

Portland’s homeless problem now extends well beyond the downtown core, creating a crisis of conscience for this fiercely liberal city.
Jun 21, 2022
People gather outside apartment complex.
STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS VISITED TENNY CREEK ASSISTED LIVING FOR AN OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING IN VANCOUVER ON MONDAY. THE FACILITY OFFERS GREATER LEVEL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT THAN OTHER SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROJECTS, OFFICIALS SAID./TROY BRYNELSON/OPB

Vancouver Housing Project Brings More Medical Treatment To Homeless Community

A new 40-unit apartment building intended to help unsheltered people will offer medical treatment and nursing on its premises.
May 17, 2022
An artist's drawing of a new county Behavioral Health Resource Center planned for downtown Portland, at the old Bushong building site./Courtesy of Multnomah County

Provider Selected For Multnomah County’s New Behavioral Health Downtown Day Center

The Mental Health & Addiction Association of Oregon will operate a peer-run program at the Behavioral Health Resource Center, slated to open in Portland this fall.
Mar 17, 2022
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