Portland’s ban on sleeping in public took effect last Nov. 1. Since then, the city’s Impact Reduction Program has swept over ...

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This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network. As the city of Portland clawed its way out of the pandemic, it faced a new set of crises: The city’s homeless population was growing ...

Holgate House, an affordable housing complex in Southeast Portland. The city might soon have a new solution to the affordable housing crisis. Credit: Photo by Madeline Voth For residents of the ...

On any given night, thousands of people sleep on the streets in Portland, Oregon. They seek shelter in tents, bushes and overpasses in a city that has struggled with one of the worst housing crises in ...

Editor’s note: This story contains graphic descriptions of violence. In May, Willamette Week reported the Old Town homeless village was closing. One of the original C3PO (Creating Conscious ...

Organizers of Juneteenth celebrations throughout Oregon face funding issues and waning support, but continue efforts to host community celebrations for the holiday. Credit: Juneteenth Oregon/Tory ...

The Portland area is headed for a dramatic housing and homelessness funding cliff that could cause thousands of people to lose their housing and would leave the tri-county region with billions less to ...

Award-winning author and cultural critic David Walker explores how film was used to depict and shape society's views of Black people in his new book “Black Film: A History of Black Representation and ...

As far as the benefits of temporary shelter, a little less might be a lot more. The city of Portland’s focus on new shelters may be eroding existing shelters’ ability to transition homeless ...