City Council Passes Housing State of Emergency
Thursday, October 08, 2015
The Council voted unanimously to declare a state of emergency weeks after Mayor Charlie Hales asked the Council to act on the growing number of homeless people in Portland. Last week, Hales announced a $30 million investment in A Home for Everyone, a homeless shelter maintained by the City of Portland and Multnomah County.
"These people are our neighbors, and we must do better," Hales said.
In a departure from typical state of emergency rules, the housing state of emergency will last one year, rather than just two weeks, and can be extended by the Council. The state of emergency allows the city to waive city code to allow temporary emergency homeless shelters, to open day-storage areas, and to use city properties as homeless shelters.
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