PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — While the region continues to struggle with homelessness, the number of deaths among Multnomah County’s unsheltered population went down last year for the first time since 2013.
At least 372 unhoused people died last year — an 18% decrease from the year before, according to new data released Friday in the Multnomah County Health Department’s 2024 Domicile Unknown report.
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“The 2024 data show that the fentanyl crisis peaked in Multnomah County in 2023,” said Multnomah County Health Officer Dr. Richard Bruno.
“This decrease in overdose deaths offers a glimmer of hope. We see in some preliminary data that the number of fentanyl overdose deaths have continued to decrease in 2025 and are hopeful that future reports will hold much lower numbers.”…