Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler’s urgent mandate to move homeless campers into ‘humane’ shelters isn’t working Updated Jan 23, 2021; Facebook Share Most declined shelter at Mt. Scott Community Center, opting instead to remain in the streets. Scott M., 50, was one of about two dozen to give the shelter a try. He ditched the refurbished bicycle parts and assorted camping gear he sometimes sold to earn a few extra dollars, as well as his large tent. “I gave up everything to go there,” said Scott, who provided only the first initial of his last name. Scott lasted about two weeks at the shelter, he said, during which time he was twice expelled for multiple infractions such as having a broken piece of drug paraphernalia under his bed and not adequately cleaning up a common space.