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Committee asks staff to return with options for warming and cooling shelter plans
Summary
The Health and Human Services Committee asked city emergency management and housing staff on Feb. 11 to present several options—ranging from low‑cost coordination to proposals requiring funding—for warming and cooling shelters and improved emergency shelter coordination ahead of summer 2025.
Portland committee members on Feb. 11 asked city emergency management and housing staff to develop options for improving warming and cooling shelter capacity and shelter coordination, and to return to the committee with recommendations in time for spring budget planning.
Committee members raised concerns about the city’s ad hoc responses to extreme weather events, the availability of partner sites and the difficulty of…
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