Portland Mayor Keith Wilson told an audience of hundreds Friday that the apparent decline in unsheltered homelessness he has observed in the city was real. “I’ll try not to get mired in numbers,” ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — With major budget shortfalls looming for the city of Portland, Mayor Keith Wilson has put out a call for neighboring counties to chip in on the city's efforts to address homelessness.

Along with being the longest night of the year, the winter solstice—December 21—is recognized as National Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day. According to data collected by Multnomah County, at least 126 ...

Roughly a quarter of Portland’s unsheltered homeless residents were homeless when they moved to Multnomah County, and most of them came here because of family and friends or job opportunities. Another ...