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26-06-2025
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Neighbors distressed over planned homeless shelter in Portland's Pearl District
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Neighbors in Portland's Pearl District will gather Wednesday for a public meeting about a new homeless shelter planned for the area. City leaders confirmed Tuesday they will lease a building on NW Northrup Street, between 14th and 15th avenues, to open a shelter this summer with 40 beds — expanding to 200 by year's end. The city calls the shelter a key step toward getting people off the streets, but some neighbors say they were blindsided and fear it could bring more problems. Michelangelo Navea said the city 'should have asked us first, as a community. Instead of saying, 'Here we're gonna do it,' the city didn't say anything.' Todd Zarnitz, president of the Northwest District Association, said residents feel cut out of the process. 'People take their community seriously here,' Zarnitz said. 'And they've completely been cut out of the process.' He called the city's plan short-sighted and warned it could cause issues in the neighborhood. 'Really what we have is a cancerous drug culture eating the town inside and out,' Zarnitz said. Rob Layne, senior communication strategist for the City of Portland, said, 'These emergency overnight shelters are life-saving interventions, part of the solution to reduce street camping and help move our city's unsheltered population toward stability. We are working closely with local associations and neighbors to address concerns and answer questions as we develop the shelter.' According to the city, it will pay roughly $18,000 a month to rent the building for the shelter. The plan is part of Mayor Keith Wilson's Some neighbors say it's money well spent. Rachel Billington said, 'I think it's good if they're getting people off the street and into somewhere safer.' Whether the plan brings solutions or headaches, neighbors say the conversation is just getting started. 'Being homeless is not a crime,' Navea said. 'But if you put that shelter here, you're gonna see a lot of drug use.' The Salvation Army is reportedly in talks to run the shelter but did not respond to KOIN 6's request for comment. The Northwest District Association is holding a virtual meeting on Wednesday and an in-person meeting on Monday to discuss concerns. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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18-06-2025
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City of Portland holding foreclosure auction Monday afternoon
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The city of Portland is hold a foreclosure sale of six vacant properties Monday, including property that has been neglected and may have delinquent code violation fines. The sale is happening at city hall starting at noon for properties including homes at Southeast 103rd Avenue and Foster as well as one near Southeast 86th and Tolman Street. Currently, the lowest bid for one of the properties is about $28,000, and the highest is over $660,000. You can learn more about the auction on the City of Portland website. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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11-05-2025
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Will money for free e-bikes survive Portland budget process?
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The 'is to support real demand shifts towards electric bikes on the ground, and bring tangible lessons to expanded scale for impact.' On Saturday, the group — which is funded by the City of Portland — provided 25 e-bikes for free to low income people in an effort to help with the environment. The money for these e-bikes came from the Portland Clean Energy Fund (PCEF), whose money has been eyed by to the budget for Portland Parks & Recreation amidst the city's overall $93 million budget shortfall. Portland councilor floats loaning clean energy funds to city parks Earlier this week, Portland Mayor Keith Wilson's proposed budget suggested many cuts, including to maintenance of the city's 300 parks. That didn't sit well with some city councilors, who want to find ways to cover parks maintenance. , which hosts Ride2 Own, has a vision for 'a complete, safe, low-carbon, multimodal transportation system that contributes to equity in access, opportunity, health, and prosperity for people and communities.' Executive Director Sarah Iannarone — who against Ted Wheeler in 2020 — told KOIN 6 News she is interested to see what the city council does with the Portland Clean Energy Fund. 'As long as the council and mayor do due diligence with the communities of concern to help pass the fund, and the public that depends on those funds supports that, as long as it's going to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, increase community access to opportunity and other things, we would support that,' she said. Trouble is brewing for Wilson's $8B Portland budget The proposed Portland budget is far from final. Both Wilson and the council will likely make several alterations before the budget is approved at the end of June. KOIN 6 News will continue to follow this story. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
