Multnomah County is no longer providing tents and tarps to homeless people. The new rule will allow direct distribution of ...

Multnomah County is no longer handing out tents and tarps to residents who are experiencing homelessness. The county ended its tarp and tent distribution program yesterday. A new ...

Under pressure from Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson agreed last week to pause the purchasing of tents and tarps that are distributed to people who ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — Leaders from Multnomah County, the city of Portland and the city of Gresham met with community leaders to discuss the distribution of tents and tarps to homeless people ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With winter weather around the corner, Multnomah County has unveiled its first draft policy on distributing tents and tarps to the homeless. Some county commissioners ...

With little fanfare, Multnomah County has adopted a new policy that lays out rules for how it will distribute tents and tarps to people living outside. “Tents and tarps are life-saving supplies ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Mayor-Elect Keith Wilson told KATU News in an interview that a Multnomah County policy to provide tents and tarps to people who are homeless is not helping the problem.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Officials with the Multnomah County-helmed Joint Office of Homeless Services have introduced a new policy around one of Portland's more controversial issues: how the office buys ...

The volunteers went into the field in the morning with bottles of water, granola bars and socks to distribute to the people they interviewed in tents, under tarps or in sleeping bags. They also ...