Portland officers responding to homeless camps blocking a sidewalk arrested a suspect who they said was armed and had ...

After months of neighbors voicing concerns, an encampment in Southeast Portland has been shut down by police.

A counselor advocating for the homeless community in Portland says tough love and outreach are the keys to helping solve the crisis. For 28 years, Kevin Dahlgren has been working as a drug and alcohol ...

Portland is set to add 280 new “recovery-oriented,” overnight-only shelter beds at two locations in the next several weeks. When those beds – all located in the Buckman neighborhood of Southeast ...

Portland’s mayor disputes Multnomah County’s homelessness data, questioning unsheltered counts as officials defend their ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The homeless population in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas counties surged by 61% over two years, according to new data. The latest Point-In-Time Count, conducted by ...

The Northrup Shelter wakes at 5:30 a.m. A city-operated shuttle has ceased regular service, meaning even guests with disabilities need to find their own way.

PORTLAND, Ore. — On the first day of 2026, many people facing homelessness on Portland streets carried over ongoing challenges as they looked ahead to the new year. "My New Year's resolution is to ...

Approaching his first anniversary in office, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, who ran most prominently on grappling seriously with the city’s homelessness troubles, just made a major course shift. It may, ...

Neighbors say that the tents are just going to return after police cleared a homeless camp and arrested a suspected drug dealer.

Added to all the other homelessness spending in the region – including federal, state and city funding – it equated to roughly $300 per resident in fiscal year 2024. That figure was calculated by ...

Aaron Tappley, Antonio Garcia, Brandon Coleman, Carol Horner. The names of 102 Portlanders who died while homeless in 2025 were read out one at a time from the pulpit in the small sanctuary at St.