Council delays vote on homeless shelter expansion plan March 11 2021
A second hearing on the proposal is added after concerns grow that too many new shelters will be sited in East Portland.
The City Council has scheduled an additional hearing on a controversial proposal to allow more homeless shelters, including sanctioned campsites, in most of Portland.
The first hearing on the Shelter to Housing Continuum Project is scheduled for Wednesday, March 17, as originally planned. But, largely because of concerns that a disproportionate number of new shelters could be sited in East Portland, the council has now scheduled another hearing on March 24, when the final vote was set to take place. That is now tentatively scheduled for March 31.
Portland mayor to halt funding for Hazelnut Grove homeless February 17 2021
Employees under Ted Wheeler suggest Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty can pick up the tab for the tiny home village.
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ayor Ted Wheeler will continue funding Hazelnut Grove for six months, per Commissioner Dan Ryan. But Wheeler s staff contradicted Ryan, saying there is no firm timeline for such an extension. Confused? So are we. Either way, find the latest news here
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Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler plans to chop off roughly $1,500 in monthly funding to Hazelnut Grove Village. And officials are moving forward with relocation plans some residents have vowed to resist.
Wheeler, Ryan contradict each other on Hazelnut Grove s fate February 18 2021
Funding for the North Portland tiny home community may still be on the chopping block after all.
Confusion reigned at city hall late Thursday, Feb. 18, as Commissioner Dan Ryan and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler offered conflicting information on a long-running tiny home community s fate.
Ryan first announced an apparent about-face on Wheeler s behalf with the commissioner writing in a statement to the Tribune that Wheeler intends to provide services to Hazelnut Grove for another six months.
Almost as soon as that news broke, Wheeler s staff walked it back. I m told six months is not a firm timeline, mayoral spokesman Tim Becker said in a separate email to the Tribune as the after-office-hours uncertainty crested.
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.
City closing North Portland homeless village Hazelnut Grove January 19 2021
Commissioner Dan Ryan says most residents will relocate to the St. Johns Homeless Village, but activists have vowed to save the camp.
The end appears to be near for a North Portland tiny home village serving those who seek refuge from life on the streets.
The city s Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program quietly announced plans to decommission Hazelnut Grove Village on Jan. 18 saying that many of its 16 inhabitants will move into pods at the newly-built St. Johns Village.
Activists, however, are unlikely to abandon the village without a fight.