Homeowner flight from Portland's first Safe Rest Village has been a boon for new buyers

Some neighbors who protested the Multnomah Village site a year ago have since sold their homes and moved. The new owners have been pleasantly surprised.

PORTLAND, Ore. — It’s been almost one year since Portland’s first Safe Rest Village opened in Multnomah Village. Since then, a handful of other sites have opened across the city. The project is meant to move homeless people off the streets and into tiny homes with the end goal of helping them into permanent housing.

But before any of the projects had a chance to get going, some neighbors in the residential areas that surround them were foretelling turmoil.

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