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Board adopts ordinance renaming Joint Office of Homeless Services; department gives budget and shelter update
Summary
The board approved an ordinance to rename the Joint Office of Homeless Services the Homeless Services Department; the department briefed commissioners on recent shelter openings, housing placements and budget uncertainty including a projected decline in regional SHS revenue.
Multnomah County commissioners adopted an ordinance renaming the Joint Office of Homeless Services the Homeless Services Department and heard an update on shelter, housing placements and fiscal pressures facing the homeless response system.
"This change is a really small but important symbol of the way our system has evolved," Dan Field, director of the Homeless Services Department, told the board during the second reading of the ordinance. The name change will take effect July 1, officials said.
Field presented high-level performance and budget information as the department heads into the FY 2026 budget process. He said the department and its partners placed hundreds more people into housing in 2024 and early 2025 and…
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