The outreach work is part of a project called Housing Multnomah Now, which aims to rapidly house hundreds of people in 12 months.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Boiling water fresh off a campfire burned Toni Hunter’s hands as she washed dishes outside her tent Monday morning. She’s one of the residents living in a large, often ignored homeless encampment in Old Town known as “the pit.”
Under the Steel bridge, nestled between train tracks and behind city and county transportation headquarters, the homeless camp acts as a refuge for people like Hunter, who’s escaping domestic violence.
“Honestly right here is peaceful, there’s not too much
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