Someone may have died in a fire at a city-operated shelter on North Portland Road on Monday night, according to Portland Fire & Rescue.

Portland is right to test home sharing as part of its housing response, (“Portland will pay onetime grants of $1,000 to ...

We urge Portland City Council to consider policies that support our ability to serve our community rather than limit them.

The Portland Housing Bureau and Mayor Keith Wilson last week launched a new “home sharing” program that offers Portland ...

Eviction filings in Oregon reached a record high in January 2026 with 2,750 cases. Advocates attribute the rise to increasing ...

In Southeast Portland, the Trump administration's stepped-up immigration enforcement isn't only a threat to undocumented ...

A Pearl District apartment complex has filed a tort claim against the city of Portland, alleging the low-barrier overnight homeless shelter on NW Northrup Street has created nuisance conditions in the ...

Portland’s mayor disputes Multnomah County’s homelessness data, questioning unsheltered counts as officials defend their ...

Urban League says it has been served an eviction notice by its nonprofit landlord, days after inviting media to see deteriorating conditions inside its building.

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A drive through Downtown Spokane looks different now. On the corner of 3rd and Monroe, where residents regularly reported ...

Everyone staying at the city's Salvation Army-run Northrup Shelter must be on their way by 6 a.m. "They wake us up at 5:30," said Zachariah, who stays at the shelter overnight. One man said he gets ...