Oregon’s Homeless Population Is 8th Largest in the Nation, HUD Count Shows
Oregon finds itself near the top of another tragic list as the year comes to an end. The Beaver State had the eighth-largest population of homeless people on a given night in January 2024, according to a “point-in-time” count released by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development this week.
U.S. homelessness up 18% since 2023; Oregon alone in not counting most unsheltered people this year, feds report
Oregon was the lone state in which officials opted not to conduct a new count of people living unsheltered in nearly all its most populous counties in 2024, the federal report indicated.
Oregon's Governor takes a bold stand against rising homelessness with record investments in affordable housing and homelessness prevention.
This article is the second in a three-part series looking at restrictions around the U.S. on people who are homeless camping ...
Governor Tina Kotek of Oregon presents her 2025-2027 budget with a focus on homelessness, housing, and behavioral health.
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of ...
Kotek has spent the past month working on a very busy agenda involving housing, fires, transportation and construction labor ...
Let’s help get you back to home,’” he says. Related: How homelessness started, grew and became a statewide crisis in Oregon San Joaquin County’s law also calls for creating safe camping ...
The rise has also been driven by both devastating natural disasters and a surge of migrants in several parts of the country, ...
More than 771,000 people are homeless in the U.S, according to the results of a 2024 one-night count conducted by the federal government and housing groups.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback