{"id":15991,"date":"2026-02-06T17:32:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T00:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15991"},"modified":"2026-02-05T17:43:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T00:43:41","slug":"just-10000s-of-homeless-camps-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=15991","title":{"rendered":"Just 10,000’s of homeless camps in Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s a live updating list of homeless camps in Portland<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yes, you read that right. Over 12.4 million pounds of garbage is generated by homeless camps a year in Portland. That’s often waste that ends up in rivers, burned under bridges, or just clutters the city. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 372 homeless died last year in the streets<\/a> – more than 1 a day. Before legalization of open camping and drug use, that number was around 70-80<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite raising homeless funding from $80 million to $800 million, homelessness is getting better in other parts of the country but worse in Portland<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The policy failures are real and killing 4 times as many people a year than jail did. You can’t say failure any more clearly than that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a live updating list of homeless camps in Portland. Yes, you read that right. Over 12.4 million pounds of garbage is generated by homeless camps a year in Portland. That’s often waste that ends up in rivers, burned under bridges, or just clutters the city. Over 372 homeless died last year in the streets – more than 1 a day. Before legalization of open camping and drug use, that number was around 70-80. Despite raising homeless funding from $80…<\/p>\n

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