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Residents urge Multnomah County to use $16M for permanent housing and restore mental‑health and violence‑response programs
Summary
Public commenters at Tuesday's board meeting urged the county to allocate $16 million of unused housing funds to permanent housing and housing‑first initiatives, to restore direct clinical services cuts that would eliminate culturally responsive staff roles, and to retain a gun‑violence behavioral health response team.
During the public‑comment portion of Tuesday’s Multnomah County Board meeting, multiple residents and community advocates urged the county to prioritize long‑term housing solutions and to reverse proposed cuts to mental‑health and violence‑response programs.
Sarah Chedister, a Portland State University student and community advocate, asked commissioners to use $16 million in unused housing funds to expand affordable housing and strengthen a housing‑first approach rather than further shelter expansion. "Using the available funds to put people into…
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