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"It's psychological warfare": Old Town Sweeps Hammer Portland's Homeless Population

Art Rios has never seen the sidewalks of Portland‘s Old Town neighborhood this empty. “Yesterday, there were nine tents on this block,” said Rios Thursday morning, looking out from Do Good Multnomah’s Downtown Shelter onto NW 6th Ave by NW Hoyt. “Now there’s just one. They rest—gone.” Rios is a program manager of the downtown shelter, which operates inside a former Greyhound Station in Old Town. In his past year working for the nonprofit, Rios...

Chris-barnes , Alex-zielinski , Timothy-davis , Jessie-burke , Ted-wheeler , Office-of-homeless-services , Services-coordination-center , Society-hotel-in-old-town , Old-town-community-association , Metro-supportive-housing-services , Old-town

"It's psychological warfare": Old Town Sweeps Hammer Portland's Homeless Population

Art Rios has never seen the sidewalks of Portland‘s Old Town neighborhood this empty. “Yesterday, there were nine tents on this block,” said Rios Thursday morning, looking out from Do Good Multnomah’s Downtown Shelter onto NW 6th Ave by NW Hoyt. “Now there’s just one. They rest—gone.” Rios is a program manager of the downtown shelter, which operates inside a former Greyhound Station in Old Town. In his past year working for the nonprofit, Rios...

Chris-barnes , Alex-zielinski , Timothy-davis , Jessie-burke , Ted-wheeler , Office-of-homeless-services , Services-coordination-center , Society-hotel-in-old-town , Old-town-community-association , Metro-supportive-housing-services , Old-town