PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — The Multnomah County Board had to make a difficult choice on Thursday, deciding how to compensate for the loss of roughly $28 million in state funding for Homeless Services.
Members of the board said that the loss of state funding is due to the loss of federal funding, i.e., the state lost federal funding, which in turn cut the amount of money that could be given to the county.
This funding constraint comes as the county struggles to keep up with the number of people facing homelessness…