PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Multnomah County is proposing a new policy to resume tent and tarp handouts to homeless people, just months after they paused the program following sharp criticism and a ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Following a heated debate over tent distribution in Multnomah County last week, the county chair has asked the Joint Office of Homeless Services to pause all tent and tarp ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Mayor-Elect Keith Wilson told KATU News in an interview that a Multnomah County policy to provide tents and tarps to people who are homeless is not helping the problem.

Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson has ordered the Joint Office of Homeless Services to temporarily stop buying tarps and tents to distribute to people living on the street, according to a ...

Under pressure from Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson agreed last week to pause the purchasing of tents and tarps that are distributed to people who are ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - Commissioners in Multnomah County are once again talking about handing out tents and tarps to those experiencing homelessness after pausing the program earlier this ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- With the Safe Harbor shelter closing for the season, those who stayed there are having to find a new place to sleep. For many, that means moving to places like The ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Leaders from Multnomah County, the city of Portland and the city of Gresham met with community leaders to discuss the distribution of tents and tarps to homeless people, part of the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials with the Multnomah County-helmed Joint Office of Homeless Services have introduced a new policy around one of Portland's more controversial issues: how the office buys up ...

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