PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is questioning the accuracy of Multnomah County’s homelessness data, arguing the numbers may not reflect what he is seeing on the ground.
During a recent joint city-county meeting, Wilson said leaders rely on accurate data to make major policy and funding decisions. If the data is flawed, he warned, it could influence how officials allocate money and address homelessness across the region.
Wilson specifically challenged what he described as inflated counts of unsheltered homelessness. He said the data shows homelessness is increasing, but he does not believe that matches his firsthand observations…