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Homeless Services outlines three options after state funding drop that threatens shelter and housing placements
Summary
Homeless Services told the board a 55% reduction from expected state funding creates a $28 million gap across shelter, rapid rehousing and long-term housing. Staff presented three backfill options balancing shelter-unit goals and sustaining people already housed; the board asked for time to review before a vote.
Interim Homeless Services Department Director Anna Plumb told the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners on Oct. 16 that a sharp reduction in state funding put the county's homelessness system at high risk and presented three policy options to the board.
Plumb reported the department expected about $26 million from the state but that amount represented a 55% decrease from the county's adopted budget assumptions. She said the funding shortfall places at risk 214 shelter units already budgeted, the county's ability to sustain roughly 648 people in their current subsidized housing placements, and the ability to newly place about 732…
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