A recent report from Portland State University shows homelessness in Multnomah County has increased by 67% since 2023.

Promises to end homelessness in Portland are nothing new. In 2015, then-mayoral hopeful Ted Wheeler said he would ensure that “every person living on Portland’s streets has a safe place to sleep” by ...

Unhoused people in Maine don’t need a permanent address to vote, but barriers to participation remain.

Three years ago, Keith Zimmerman picked up a camera for the first time. His new photobook features dozens of people from ...

A new report from Portland State University's Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative (HRAC) and the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health offers an in-depth examination of how individuals navigate, ...

An artist is using the power of portraiture to put a human face on Portland's homelessness crisis, one drawing at a time.

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PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - There are more homeless people in the Portland area than ever before, according to Multnomah County. The county’s latest numbers show that though Portland may be seeing visibly ...

Portland, Oregon, has banned homeless people from camping in forested parks to both protect them from potential wildfires and prevent them from accidentally starting blazes during a summer of drought ...

Skyler Brocker-Knapp has been at the forefront of Portland’s efforts to build homeless shelters for the better part of the last five years. During that time, the city created more than a dozen ...