On a Saturday in late September, several dozen individuals enthusiastically gathered with trash bags, gloves, and shovels on a mission to pick up garbage at the Sandy River Delta, the 1,500 acres of wooded trails and a grassy dog park at the confluence of the Sandy River and the Columbia River. The sprawling property, which carries the nickname “Thousand Acres,” is also home to several homeless encampments. The event was organized by Troutdale City Councilor.
$150 million: A guide to proposed Portland homeless spending next year
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Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury released her proposed budget Thursday for the upcoming fiscal year, with nearly $150 million earmarked to address homelessness – a 22% increase from the year prior.
Between federal COVID-19 relief and a new three-county Metro supportive housing services tax for homelessness programs, the county is seeing “the largest budget that has ever been proposed” with new investments in housing that haven’t been possible before, Kafoury said during Thursday’s commission meeting. About a third of the budget is slated to come from the Metro homelessness relief tax that voters approved nearly a year ago.
No overnight warming shelters in Gresham this year
COVID-19 preventing Sunrise Center opening overnight during cold weather, free rides offered to other shelters
With freezing weather descending, some residents of East Multnomah County may be looking for an emergency warming shelter. But the COVID-19 pandemic means East County s only warming shelter won t be open for overnight stays this year.
In the past, the Sunrise Center at 18901 E. Burnside St., has been open when the temperature drops to 25 degrees or lower. But this year, due to COVID-19, the Sunrise Center will only offer a temporary place to get out of the cold and staging point for free rides to warming shelters in Portland. The center does not have enough room for sufficient distancing for overnight stays.
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