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A Multnomah County judge ruled Monday that a proposed ballot measure—meant to redirect funding set aside for helping homeless people retain permanent housing—is unconstitutional and cannot move forward to the November ballot. The ballot measure, filed by members of the nascent political organization People for Portland, suggests gutting a brand new Metro tax fund that grants counties money to create and fund programs to help transition unhoused people into permanent housing. Those funds are allowed. ....
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. ....
A Multnomah County judge ruled Monday that a proposed ballot measure—meant to redirect funding set aside for helping homeless people retain permanent housing—is unconstitutional and cannot move forward to the November ballot. The ballot measure, filed by members of the nascent political organization People for Portland, suggests gutting a brand new Metro tax fund that grants counties money to create and fund programs to help transition unhoused people into permanent housing. Those funds are allowed. ....
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. ....