From the Portland Mercury, September 23, 2011 Commissioner Nick Fish announced Portland’s new housing director in an email to his colleagues on the city council, the [Portland] Mercury learned this morning. And the name should be familiar to anyone who follows homelessness issues in Portland. It’s Traci Manning, chief operating officer for Central City Concern […]
From the Oregonian, June 21, 2011 Homelessness in Multnomah County jumped about 8 percent between 2009 and 2011, according to a new report that looked at how many people were living on the streets, at emergency shelters or in motels with vouchers earlier this year. READ – ‘The Portland Housing Bureau, Multnomah County and their […]
From The Portland Tribune, May 10, 2011 Housing First policy opens doors to alcoholics and drug users Jason Renaud was trying to help a longtime street addict who said he was finally willing to do what it takes to stop being homeless. For the first time in 20 years, the man sobered up and secured […]
From KGW.com, July 16 2009 FOR REFERENCE – Oregon is ranked #1 in homelessness in the Housing and Urban Development’s Housing Resource Exchange’s Fourth Annual Homelessness Assessment. Over 20,000 Oregonians were homeless on a one-night count in January 2008, 0.54 of our population – one out of 200 people. Over the past 18 months social […]
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