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By Shaena Montanari and Natalie Walters Howard Center for Investigative Reporting Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time Long-Curtiss, a councilwoman in The Dalles, a city of about 16,000 at the eastern edge of the...

Communities struggle to make best use of largest influx of homeless aid in U.S. history Shaena Montanari and Natalie Walters, Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By...

SHAENA MONTANARI AND NATALIE WALTERS Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time Long-Curtiss got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her co...

Shaena Montanari and Natalie Walters Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in the Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The area's regular homeless shelter, like many around Oregon, was closed because of COVID-19. The federal aid money meant to help protect homeless people from the pandemic came late and with confusing restrictions. By the time The Dalles councilwoman got permission to erect temporary shelters purchased with her com...

Communities struggle to make best use of COVID homeless aid Funding delays and confusing spending restrictions have hampered communities’ abilities to capitalize on the largest influx of homeless aid in American history. By Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Winter in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge is wet and freezing, a life-threatening situation for the area’s homeless residents even without a pandemic. Darcy Long-Curtiss understands that better than most. The shelter that normally provided nighttime refuge was closed because of COVID-19, and federal aid money meant to help p...