GRANTS PASS, Ore.– The Grants Pass City Council voted to initially approve a parking program for the homeless. The program aims to create safe overnight parking places that could be used for overnight camping. The city said businesses, religious institutions ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Hours into a Wednesday afternoon Portland City Council session, commissioners voted to pass an ordinance banning homeless camps during daytime hours while banning them altogether in certain areas of the city. The proposed ...
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore.– Jackson County is receiving nearly $9 million as part of Governor Kotek’s homelessness state of emergency. The funds will be divided up among a number of cities and organizations, like Medford and Ashland. Governor Kotek’s plan includes ...
Author: Alma McCarty (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Executive directors of day centers in Portland worry a proposed daytime camping ban, if passed, could strain their limited resources and place a heavy burden on the people they strive to serve: ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. – Grants Pass city leaders held a meeting Thursday night to talk about the growing homelessness issue in the area. City administrators and law enforcement spoke about how the city is currently addressing the issue in public ...
Author: Anthony Macuk (KGW), KGW Staff, Alma McCarty (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Portland has reached a tentative settlement in a lawsuit that claimed the city is violating the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to prevent homeless camping along ...
Author: KGW Staff (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and his staff held a news conference Thursday to outline details of a proposed ordinance to ban daytime camping throughout the city. Wheeler said he plans to bring ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — It was nearing week three of Myrna Gardiner’s time at the Bybee Lakes Hope Center in North Portland. She sat on the chair of her walker in the parking lot to get ...
Author: Blair Best (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — When Multnomah County released the results of its annual “point-in-time” count of the homeless population last week, children without shelter accounted for roughly a third of the total increase in homelessness within ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – President Biden is taking on the growing problem of homelessness in America. The Biden administration has announced a new program accelerating local efforts in six of the nation’s largest cities. Those cities are Chicago, Dallas, Los ...