Oregon’s Homeless Population Is 8th Largest in the Nation, HUD Count Shows
Oregon finds itself near the top of another tragic list as the year comes to an end. The Beaver State had the eighth-largest population of homeless people on a given night in January 2024, according to a “point-in-time” count released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this week.
U.S. homelessness up 18% since 2023; Oregon alone in not counting most unsheltered people this year, feds report
Oregon was the lone state in which officials opted not to conduct a new count of people living unsheltered in nearly all its most populous counties in 2024, the federal report indicated.
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of ...
In my day, we tried to move away from big dormitory-like shelters to transitional housing that includes case management. Maybe we should create better mass shelters that don’t kick people out during ...
Oregon's Governor takes a bold stand against rising homelessness with record investments in affordable housing and homelessness prevention.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback