With snow on the ground and temperatures below freezing, outreach workers from Portland Rescue Mission went from tent to tent to make offers of shelter.

Outreach groups are doing what they can now to provide shelter and cold weather supplies during a week where winter weather ...

David Bentley called himself “Dino.” He loved The Doors and the Pittsburgh Steelers. The 48-year-old was also in and out of Portland’s downtown jail on theft, trespassing and drug possession charges ...

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

PORTLAND, Ore. -- The small Oregon city at the heart of a major U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that allowed cities ...

As part of his plan to end unsheltered homelessness in the city, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson unveiled a new pilot program on ...

See Correction/Clarification at the end of this article. Despite efforts to increase affordable housing and keep people housed, the Portland region's homeless population grew by more than 1,000 as ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — 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, Ore. (KOIN) — 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 ...

Families with children are one of the fastest-growing groups experiencing homelessness in the U.S., according to the latest federal data.

Greene discusses the just-released 2024 homelessness study, which showed an uptick in the number of people in homeless ...

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