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'Nothing happened'; City's promise to clear more homeless camps produces little results on first day Monday, the city planned to clear 8 camps this week. Prior to the pandemic, crews cleared an average of 50 per week. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 7:35 PM PDT May 24, 2021 On Monday afternoon, the day pinpointed as the dawn of a new but familiar era in Portland’s handling of its housing crisis, Zackary Young felt stuck in an awkward limbo: he’d expected crews contracted by the city to force him and those around him to leave their camp in the city’s Old Tow...

Lawsuit filed against city of Portland as city pledges to restart homeless camp sweeps The goal of the lawsuit is to make it easy for the houseless community to reclaim their belongings after sweeps. Author: Mike Benner Updated: 9:48 PM PDT May 24, 2021 PORTLAND, Ore. — The streets of Portland have been home to Steven Black for seven years. He will tell you it has not been easy. The 51-year-old points to November 2020 when his camp at Laurelhurst Park was swept by the city. Black lost a tent, a bike, a sleeping bag and clothes. Black said he went to the Rapid...