Portland just removed nearly two thousand homeless campsites in three months.
But if you listen to attorney John DiLorenzo, neighbors along Powell Boulevard, and even some people living in tents, the feeling is the same: this still doesn’t look or feel like real progress.
Reporter Blair Best at KGW has been tracking both the numbers and the human stories behind them. Together, they paint a picture of a city that is busy, expensive, and still stuck in a cycle of camp, sweep, repeat.
Data Shows A Surge In Camp Removals
Best reports that from July 1 to September 30 of this year, the city of Portland removed 1,953 homeless campsites…