With homelessness rising, city officials continue to fine-tune regulations that govern when, where, and how unhoused people can legally camp in Tigard, and questioned the equity of a countywide response effort they say has the city doing more “heavy lifting” than some neighbors.
City Council, during an Aug. 26 meeting, discussed tweaking the existing Time, Place, and Manner (TMP) ordinance to reduce camping hours at the Public Works building, and additionally called for facilitated talks with Tualatin and Sherwood to explore the division of shared responsibilities.
The conversation comes at a time when Washington County is seeing 15 people become newly homeless for every 10 who transition into housing, Tigard’s city/county homelessness liaison, Megan Cohen, told the Council…