Mayor-elect Keith Wilson says he can end unsheltered homelessness. Portland voters are watching

Business owner Keith Wilson ran and won the race for Portland mayor on a promise to end unsheltered homelessness in 12 months and free the city to spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on other priorities.

Now that he has a voter mandate to attempt that feat, he’ll face a host of challenges as he works to put his plan into action.

During the campaign, Wilson blamed current leaders for doing far too little to address and end unsheltered homelessness in Portland. Asked during a mayoral debate in October what grade he would give the city for its response to homelessness, Wilson was the only candidate to give city leaders zero credit for their efforts…

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