Homelessness

The overall number of people experiencing homelessness in Lane County trended down slightly last year, but the number of people that remain chronically homeless remains high, according to newly released data.

A year after CAHOOTS shut down its mobile crisis services in Eugene, the city has picked a partner to run a new peer navigation program.

After 20 years, Lane County officials say they’ll stop using the point-in-time count this year as a tool for gauging homelessness.

Eugene is holding a candlelight vigil Sunday evening in honor of homeless residents who have died this year.

Lane County and Eugene are losing around 60 homeless shelter beds. One shelter in Eugene that provides longer-term services could close entirely.

Three homeless camps in Roseburg are owned and operated not by the city, but by Elk Island Trading Group, a landowner that flips blighted real estate.

Public meetings, interviews and police data show a public safety issue in west Eugene, with businesses at the forefront.

A new collaboration between PeaceHealth, Eugene transitional housing community Everyone Village and other groups will provide 10 recovery cottages and a clinic for people without a safe place to go after surgery.

Ongoing trade tensions and slow economic growth have left state lawmakers with less to spend. That could make it harder to fulfill Gov. Tina Kotek’s housing vision.

A series of stabbings outside of a shelter in Salem injured 12 people, some severely, according to police. The suspect who is now in custody faces attempted murder and assault charges.

On Monday, the City of Eugene and White Bird Clinic announced that mobile crisis response service CAHOOTS would no longer serve Eugene due to contract, and funding issues.

On Tuesday, Circuit Court Judge Sarah McGlaughlin said she will make a decision sometime this week.