Portland policy aims to improve response to homeless camps on public property
“Many components of the policy are things staff has been doing for a while, but the policy spells them out clearly and will help ensure uniform practice, West said. She also hopes the policy will help the city better respond to the needs of the homeless and connect them with services.
‘It’s really to put what we’ve been doing on paper and have a set way of how we’ll be doing things so it will be clear for members of the public, community partners, the council and also staff … so it’s fair and clear for everybody,’ she said.”