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In an effort to encourage new housing construction and provide modest financial relief to Portlanders, the Portland City Council approved a $7.1 billion budget Wednesday, May 17 that calls for lower water and sewer rate hikes, and no increases to charges for housing developers. Citing an exodus of residents and businesses from Portland in recent years, Mayor Ted Wheeler proposed late-stage budget changes that would slow utility rate increases for water and sewer, while halting...

The move comes after months of city employees working with residents to connect them with resources, a city official said Tuesday.

The City of Portland has burned through ODOT funds meant to fund homeless camp clean-ups along state-owned roadways.

The Central East Side District was a hipster haven in the 20-teens, and the city wants it to return to that

Following outcry from businesses in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District, city leaders have partnered with neighborhood representatives to develop a 90-day plan to improve perceptions of public safety in the district. The plan, unveiled during a press conference Thursday, aims to increase police presence in the district, improve lighting, remove graffiti, clean up trash, and remove homeless people from the neighborhood’s streets—despite evidence that those same peopl...

Report: Throwing money at homelessness might not work, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Camps like the one on SE 49th and Haig have been reported to the city numerous times, with no response. Meanwhile, the camp becomes a magnet for crime.

Report: Throwing money at homelessness might not work, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Council approves \$27 million for Wheeler’s homeless plan, Local News, Portland local News, Breaking News alerts for Portland city.

Mayor Ted Wheeler has outlined the preliminary costs of City Council’s plan to build sanctioned camping sites across the city in conjunction with a citywide ban on unsheltered homelessness. At a council work session Thursday, he put a $27 million price tag on the start-up costs of the sweeping proposal, which pledges to create up to six camps with a capacity for 250 individuals, alongside increasing homeless services and affordable housing options. Here’s how that...