After seven years living on Portland sidewalks, Anthony Hurt was ready for a change. It was 2019—nine years after his 2-year-old daughter’s death sent his life spiraling into a fog of depression, addiction, and homelessness—and the 36-year-old had reached a breaking point. “I was tired of waking up cold and wet and not knowing if my things would get stolen if I left them anywhere,” said Hurt. “It was too hard.” Hurt checked himself into.
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A coalition of homeless service providers and unhoused Portlanders have announced a mission to get 3,000 homeless Portlanders into permanent housing by the end of 2022. The campaign, detailed at a Thursday morning press conference, is a direct response to Mayor Ted Wheeler's recent slate of executive orders meant to address the city's homeless camping issues. "Mayor Wheeler has been issuing executive orders, including the notion of creating mass shelters with threats of enforcement," said.
Portland’s homeless shelter providers will be the first to tell you that building more shelters is not the solution to ending the city’s homelessness crisis. “It doesn't end homelessness. It relocates it,” says Andy Miller, director of nonprofit shelter provider Human Solutions. “We always favor permanent housing over short-term shelter.” That’s why some of the region’s top shelter providers have come out strongly against a seemingly slapdash proposal from Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office to relocate.