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Portland’s homelessness crisis has reached staggering new levels, and the numbers show it’s getting worse, not better. According to recent data, homelessness across Multnomah, Washington, and Clackamas counties has jumped by an alarming 61% in just two years — even as the city, county, and state pour hundreds of millions of dollars into the issue.
The latest count found more than 12,000 people without stable housing in the metro area. Nearly half are living entirely unsheltered — in tents, cars, or on sidewalks. Over 2,500 report living with severe mental illness, and another 2,500 battle chronic substance abuse, exposing the limits of Portland’s current strategy.
After years
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