PORTLAND, Ore. — At 16 years old, Jupiter started camping along a busy stretch of road atop a Portland hillside, between Southwest 13th Avenue and Interstate 405.
Known as “Block 13,” the camp has been there in some form for years, surviving countless sweeps. It’s across the street from Outside In, what Jupiter calls just OI, a medical clinic and center that helps connect homeless youth with services.
But now, Portland and state officials are building a big fence in an attempt to try and halt camping along that stretch of roadway for good…