James Ewell: Housing scarcity continues to be a primary driver of increases in homelessness across the country and in our community.
Presenter: This year’s Point In Time (PIT) count showed a big jump in the total number of homeless persons: The count of sheltered homeless is 52% higher than last year. The Lane County Poverty and Homelessness Board’s Executive Committee heard June 26 the housing vacancy rate in Eugene Springfield continues to lag behind other metro areas nationally and in Oregon. James Ewell:
James Ewell: Hi, I’m James Ewell. I’m the homelessness and community action manager with Lane County.
[00:00:29] So the results of the Point In Time count were released last month. I’m going to touch a little bit on some of the trends that we saw this year, and then also some reasons that we think that may have led to the increases in homelessness that we saw…