PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Portland’s new form of government is looking into the state of the city’s homelessness crisis as the Sunderland RV Safe Park hangs in the balance.
The Northeast Portland RV park is slated to close at the end of March , with the city planning to move the more than 60 residents who call it home.
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The discussions come one week into the term of Mayor Keith Wilson, who pledged to end unsheltered homelessness in a year. Exactly if or how that goal will be met remains to be seen even as the Portland City Council took up the issue as part of their agenda on Tuesday.
During the meeting, Portland Solutions shared statistics from last fiscal year , including that their Impact Reduction Program removed over 6,100 high-risk camps and disposed of 11.5 million pounds of garbage.
While progress is being made in some areas, some members of the new city council are already sounding the alarm as some shelter spaces are set to sunset.