They’re hoping state lawmakers will be moved to act by a Friday deadline, but opponents say existing law is adequate.

P ORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities across the country to enforce homeless camping bans is facing a fresh ...

The case exposed a deep divide between the rights of the homeless and residents frustrated by encampments in public spaces, turning this town of about 40,000 into an unlikely focal point in a national ...

A funding source has yet to be found for about a third of the city's homeless services budget, though city officials said ...

That was the case in Portland, which was sued over its anti-camping ordinance — citing an Oregon law ... not just to homeless individuals, but to neighboring cities and counties — if one ...

Metro Council President Lynn Peterson introduced an ordinance Tuesday that would allow Metro to distribute some homeless services tax revenue directly to cities in the tri-county region.

Then, just two weeks ago, in response to a lawsuit brought by Disability Rights Oregon, the city council reopened that site. Homeless service providers have continued to provide aid to the city ...

The organization that created Central Oregon’s first homeless shelter in 2004, the Bethlehem Inn, has only ever known the leadership of Gwenn Wysling, who took the reins as director 15 ...

State of the City speech, Gresham Mayor Travis Stovall touted their accomplishments but said the focus is on the homeless ...

Multnomah County commissioners are set to vote on a resolution that would promise the city of Portland $15 million in ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek expressed similar ... Dan Field, director for the County and city's Homeless Services Department (formerly Joint Office of Homeless Services), said he and the chair ...

New fencing installed by the Oregon Department of Transportation aims to end homeless camping in several Salem locations.