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In a memo sent Wednesday to county officials, Multnomah County Auditor Jennifer McGuirk raised concerns that the Joint Office of Homelessness (JOHS) may be misleading the public on the number of unhoused individuals that have found housing through its programs. Those programs include services offered through a wide number of organizations that contract with JOHS, like Central City Concern, Transition Projects, and Do Good Multnomah, which offer everything from rent assistance to placement in transitional.