Housing & Homelessness

The City of Eugene has dropped charges against a homeless advocate who disrupted a public event last June.

The City of Eugene says it closed the sale on the second phase of land parcels for the Downtown Riverfront district late last month.

The city of Bend announced plans Wednesday to sweep a large outdoor camp on North Hunnel Road in March, the latest action in an effort to limit camping in Central Oregon’s largest city.

A new federal report shows what most Oregonians already know: The number of people sleeping on the streets in this state has spiked.

Partners behind a large winter gear donation drive say they’re grateful for the over 3,000 items dropped off so far. But, they say Operation Winter Survival Stockpile still needs more tents, sleeping bags, and blankets.

Members of the Eugene Police Department wore Santa hats and aprons Tuesday afternoon to host a holiday meal for people at St. Vincent de Paul’s Lindholm Center in west Eugene.

It would be a herculean task to accomplish what the mayor is suggesting. One that would require changing laws. And to actually work, it would also mean addressing a workforce shortage of health care workers and law enforcement officers and necessitate resolving a statewide hospital and residential treatment bed shortage. Perhaps, more importantly, it would require another kind of reckoning as well: deciding whether this is the way the state and city want to tackle the mental health and homeless crisis.

Freezing temperatures in the forecast for Tuesday and Wednesday means the Egan Warming Centers are being activated, and put on standby for the rest of the week.

On Thursday, the Medford City Council will consider purchasing the Redwood Inn from the region’s largest homeless services provider, Rogue Retreat.

Volunteers are still being sought for a network of warming sites for the unhoused across Eugene-Springfield.