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Pearl District residents and businesses urge city to halt planned 200‑bed overnight shelter at Fourteenth and Lovejoy
Summary
About 15 residents and neighborhood leaders testified to the Portland Homelessness and Housing Committee on July 8, urging the city to suspend siting of a proposed 200‑bed low‑barrier overnight shelter in the Pearl District and other Northwest neighborhoods until impact mitigation, shared siting and wrap‑around services are guaranteed.
Dozens of Pearl District residents and neighborhood leaders told the Portland Homelessness and Housing Committee on July 8 that a planned 200‑bed low‑barrier overnight shelter at Fourteenth and Lovejoy should be suspended until the city produces a transparent plan for impact mitigation and service provision.
The testimony came during the committee’s public comment period, when committee staff reported 15 people had signed up to speak. Speakers described a lack of community outreach and said the shelter would concentrate services in neighborhoods they consider already overburdened.
Bruce Studer, president of the Pearl District Neighborhood Association, said the neighborhood is not opposing help for people experiencing homelessness but that “adding another large low barrier shelter in a…
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