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A Formerly Homeless Man From the Oregon Coast Has a Plan to Save Wapato Jail

As Snow Creeps Toward Portland, Severe Weather Homeless Shelters Will Stay Open

It’s the second night of the season, the city and county will turn away no one at homeless shelters for people seeking refuge from the cold.

Portland Temperatures Are Forecasted to Drop Below Freezing on Thanksgiving. Here’s a List of Local Warming Shelters.

It’s going to be a cold thanksgiving in Portland.

In Irreligious Portland, a Church Comes to the Aid of the Homeless With a Tiny House Village

This site, called Agape Village, is the first and largest effort by a faith-based organization to provide car camping and cottages.

Portland Streets Are Likely to Freeze Over Again Tonight, and Homeless Shelter Providers Have Put Out an Urgent Call For Winter Gear Donations

Gerald Macke, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service of Portland, says the city got an average of about an inch and a half of snow last night.

Multnomah County and City of Portland Planning to Move Hazelnut Grove Homeless Village to St. Johns

Admist Portland’s growing housing crisis, Multnomah County’s Joint Office of Homeless Services launches a new alternative housing project in St Johns

Jordan Schnitzer Says Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Could Save Wapato Jail From the Wrecking Ball

The new owner of Wapato plans to tear it down—even though he thinks the empty jail should be a homeless shelter.

One Cost Estimate to Solve Portland’s Homelessness Problem? $640 Million Over 10 Years

New estimate for the cost of housing 2,000 people in supportive housing: $592 million to $640 million over 10 years and $43 million to $47 million a year after that.

Murmurs: Motels Will Replace Family Homeless Shelter

In other news: Betsy Johnson fails a purity test.

Murmurs: Jordan Schnitzer Snags Wapato Jail and Sees a Homeless Shelter

In other news: Washington County race is a battle of billionaires.

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