In Multnomah County, a major barricade between getting unhoused people off the street and into permanent housing is a lack of available property. While past ballot measures have created funds to build new housing for people leaving homelessness, the number of available apartments doesn't meet the current need across the metro region. To address this dearth of available public housing, Multnomah County officials are turning to the private market for support. On Wednesday, county leaders.