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Homelessness went up, but counting them is hard, and untangling it from pure econ causes is also hard. This group claims PITC went up year over year. Surged, t
by 9x39 2y ago
Homelessness went up, but counting them is hard, and untangling it from pure econ causes is also hard.
This group claims PITC went up year over year. Surged, they said.
https://www.dogoodmultnomah.org/homelessness-portland https://www.dogoodmultnomah.org/homelessness-portland
It would be hard to claim for Multnomah county residents to say things got better regarding the homeless situation after 2020, but the tide could have been coming in for multiple reasons.
- nxobject 2y agoThe direction of causation there is strange, too. COVID-19 era eviction moratoria expired halfway through June, and records have consistently been beat since then. (There are also anecdotal rumors that people get bussed in from across the country. I think PIT count data collects that, but I need to double-check.) https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/29/oregon-housing-renters-land-lords-politics-homelessness-rent-renters-eviction/ https://www.opb.org/article/2025/01/29/oregon-housing-renter...