PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Unsheltered homelessness increased 75% between 2023 and 2025 in Multnomah County, according to the latest data. Despite recent improvements in shelter bed availability, the ...

Direct cash assistance from the state is helping homeless Oregon youth find housing, according to the results of a pilot ...

The homeless outreach effort at the sanctioned homeless camp north of Bend looked slightly different than usual last week. Similar to the regular visits, which occur a few times per […] ...

The number of people experiencing homelessness, and the number of shelter beds available to them, both grew in Oregon last year, per a new report from Portland State University. The big picture: The ...

You can see it on morning walks in Bend’s parks. You can see it in the forests around Bend. People are sleeping on the ground, in vehicles, even in portable toilets. It’s not as easy to see an ...

A pedestrian walks past a tent encampment in Portland, Ore., on Jan. 24, 2024. President Trump has promised to sweep homeless Americans out of cities in part by forcing many into "long-term ...

Homeless shelters that had the most success getting people into permanent housing last year all had one thing in common, according to a new report from Multnomah County: budgets to pay for helping ...

The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh lawsuit over its camping ...

Wide-eyed, a panhandler in the Bend Redemption Center parking lot declared that a secret shadow government in Portland runs ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — On a sunny late-summer afternoon, Logan Whalen stood outside his barbershop in downtown Portland. Two homeless people who were huddled in a doorway nearby were using illegal drugs.