Multnomah County plans to shut a homeless shelter run by Sunstone Way, one of the county’s largest contractors, at the end of March.
The county announced the plan in June, but a memo obtained by WW indicate that the closure may have come as a surprise to some staff.
“I know there has been a lot of talk and questions about the status of the Market Street Shelter,” Joelle Wheeler, Sunstone Way’s director of sheltering, wrote to staff on Dec. 9. “It is with deepest sorrow that we are officially announcing that the Market Street Shelter will be closing on March 31, 2026.”…