Marion County creates Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Task Force to coordinate regional response
The Marion County Board of Commissioners approved a charter and appointed members to a regional Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Task Force, aiming to expand shelters, affordable housing and supportive services and to coordinate technical advisors and local jurisdictions.
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The Marion County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously Jan. 27 to establish the Mid-Willamette Homeless Initiative Task Force to coordinate regional efforts to reduce homelessness in Marion and Polk counties. Commissioner Janet Carlson presented the charter, which cites recent increases in homelessness and shortages of rental and low-income housing for people with housing vouchers.
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