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Critics Worry a New City Policy Will Concentrate Homeless Shelters in Low-Income Neighborhoods East of 82nd Avenue
Updated March 10 The Portland City Council will vote soon on a proposal that would make it easier to site homeless shelters—but East Portlanders worry they will bear the brunt of the policy shift. "East Portland doesn't trust the city," says community advocate Donal Mac Uileagoid. "It feels like all the problems of the city are being shoved to the eastside." The Shelter to Housing Continuum Project would make it easier for anyone—property owners, nonprofits and the city—to open homeless shelters and would make other changes to city zoning code, such as legalizing RV occupancy on re...
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