“Every day if you go from one end of the street to the other, you’re confronting some very difficult situations, people in really dire straits," Portland resident Mark Smith told KGW8. Smith and his partner no longer feel safe walking alone or gardening in their neighborhood in North Portland, Oregon. After all, a homeless camp wherein 50 people live now straddles their back yard.
As of a January 26 head count released in a May report, Portland had 6,633 homeless persons, up considerably from 2017, which saw 4,177 homeless. Only 2,222 of those counted in 2022 were in shelters.-- More...
