City leaders are exploring an individualized shelter option that would accommodate adults who often avoid traditional, group-setting shelters.

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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The City of Portland announced Thursday it will resume enforcement of its camping ban, following a pause as the city built more shelter space. Enforcement of the camping ban ...

PORTLAND, Oregon — After a 9-month pause to increase shelter bed capacity, the city of Portland resumed enforcement of its public camping ban on Nov. 1. Portland Police began conducting targeted ...

Portland police served 39 warrants and arrested 40 people during the first five days since the city resumed enforcement of its camping ban, the city said in a press release Thursday. Beginning Nov. 1, ...

FLORENCE — An ordinance introduced in Florence City Council would make urban camping a violation of the city’s code, but could also inadvertently hurt shelters that are already full. The ordinance ...

Shopping for outdoorsy campers and backpackers might seem like an easy task at first. But when you walk into an REI or start perusing a site like Backcountry, the sheer volume of brands and products ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A shelter that helps homeless cats is picking up the pieces after a fire damaged its building earlier this week in Belton. The fire was reported just before noon Wednesday. A ...

Anwar Peace says the young woman’s feet were black from frostbite when she limped into the city’s new Navigation Center at the homeless day shelter on Cannon Street last week. Workers immediately ...