In 2020, Portland area voters passed a 1% tax on businesses and high-income earners on the promise it would “end our homelessness crisis” – a campaign catchphrase – in 10 years. Five years and $1.4 ...

Thomas Gonzales, 38, and homeless for three years, huddles against the cold and beneath a sign, its author unknown, advising people not to give to panhandlers. The sign was put up at the I-35 ...