Where are people who are homeless in Portland originally from? New data offers insights
More than 14,000 people are homeless in Multnomah County, according to the county’s best available estimate. The count is shocking. And it has prompted many readers to write emails to The Oregonian/OregonLive with some version of the question: Where are they all from? And why have they come here?
Spoiler alert: As best as anyone can tell, the large majority are from Oregon…
