He pleaded guilty to first-degree theft, aggravated identity theft, and first-degree official misconduct Tuesday afternoon.

According to the city’s 2023 Point in Time Count, overall homelessness in Portland increased by 65% from 2015 to 2023, with people living unsheltered in the streets jumping to an estimated 6,297 individuals,

Despite efforts to increase affordable housing and keep people housed, the Portland region's homeless population grew by more than 1,000 as of January 2024 and Oregon's grew by more than 2,700.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The city of Portland resumed its efforts to clear homeless camps after a temporary halt last week. The seven day pause was implemented to allow volunteers to conduct a "point-in-time" count of the local homeless population.

Property managers say more tenants aren't paying rent on time. Housing advocates say rising rents and stagnant wages make it harder to do so.

Oregon saw a 24% increase in the state’s number of sheltered homeless people between January 2023 and January 2024, Portland State University’s latest statewide homelessness report shows.

A new mayor with no political experience in Portland has an audacious plan — some say naive — to end street homelessness, writes Danny Westneat.

Oregon has just 1.07 homes per household. Another way to express that: Seven in 100 homes statewide in Oregon are vacant, a rate 36% lower than the national average. And again, data shows the vacancy rate is tightest outside of Portland.

Information gathered from across Oregon's 36 counties in early 2024 shows that the number of homeless people in shelters increased 24% from the year prior, according to a new Portland State University report.

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Forcing survivors to litigate their restraining order hearings is a regular reality — and a gaping fault in a system that continues to fail battered women, advocates say.

Homelessness increased 24 percent in Oregon from 2023 to 2024. A report from Portland State University based on the homeless point-in-time count found a 16 percent increase in the