Editor’s note: By the end of the year, Portland and Multnomah County will have 1,100 fewer shelter beds due to budget cuts necessitating the closure of 11 facilities.
Read more about how the Portland-area got here just six years after approving a seminal new tax to improve homeless services.
While reporting on the closures, The Oregonian/OregonLive contacted the nonprofits operating the affected shelters to ask if residents wanted to speak with reporters. The volunteers were disproportionately people who had figured out a safe place to stay. The news organization will publish their stories throughout the last week of August.…