PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — One of dozens of homeless residents currently facing eviction from Portland’s eight alternative shelter sites is claiming she has done everything she can to get into more stable housing during her one-and-a-half-year stay.
“I’ve done more than most around me that I’m seeing. I just — I don’t understand. I’m not sure why they picked me,” said Melissa Massimila, who has been chronically homeless for roughly a decade.
Massimila is one of an estimated 80 to 90 people that are being asked to vacate their individual shelter units as a result of the city’s 120-day engagement policy. The policy which only applies to the city’s alternative shelter sites, tiny home or RV parking villages, was launched by Mayor Keith Wilson in September and all residents at these sites should have been provided with the policy…