In a Stealth Move, Portland City Council Signals Intent to Sever its Homelessness Agreement With Multnomah County
It was supposed to be a routine update with no vote. A week after a joint meeting between Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners, the City Council met to outline the takeaways and progress in a recently adopted Homelessness Response Action Plan.
3 Portland City Council members move to dissolve homeless services agreement with Multnomah County
Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, with the support of his colleagues Mingus Mapps and Dan Ryan, asked the city attorney Wednesday to draw up an ordinance to dissolve the city’s current homeless services agreement with the county.
Portland City Council considers ending partnership with Multnomah County to tackle homelessness
Portland City Council is reconsidering its partnership with Multnomah County to tackle homelessness, a move that Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson called "disappointing."
Portland City Council takes first steps to end homeless services agreement with Multnomah County
A majority of Portland City Council members have voiced their support in ending the current partnership with Multnomah County, saying the Joint Office of Homeless Services is not working.Commissioners Rene Gonzalez,
Portland commissioners move to end homelessness partnership with county, but agreement’s future will be up to new city government
Despite taking the first step toward dissolving Portland’s homeless services agreement with Multnomah County Wednesday, Commissioner Rene Gonzalez acknowledged that the two entities would still have to work together to coordinate their homelessness response.
Multnomah County officials respond to city’s move to end homeless services contract
Multnomah County officials are responding to Portland City Council's move to possibly break its multi-million dollar contract with the county's joint office of homeless services.
Portland city commissioners move to break homelessness services contract with county
"We're not getting meaningful or measurable results, and I think the city has started to do a lot by itself because the county isn't holding up its end of the bargain."
Most Portland commissioners want out of partnership with county on homelessness
Some voiced concerns about what they say is a lack of necessary progress, in spite of spending millions of dollars on the issue.
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