Mayor Ted Wheeler’s office will announce where the large-scale sites will be located after meeting with the selected neighborhoods.
PORTLAND, Ore. — A homeless woman crawls out from underneath a pile of tarps and cardboard boxes. It’s what’s left of her shelter after her trailer was ruined in a fire earlier this week.
“I lost everything. I’m literally living under a cardboard box,” said Rose who’s been homeless in Portland for five years.
Rose camps along outer Northeast Sandy Boulevard and 96th Avenue. A homeless encampment that has been causing chaos for neighbors as well as a nearby motel and restaurant.
“I
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