Salem Housing Authority pulls out of homeless outreach effort due to limited budget

Outside of Salem, it’s uncommon for a worker from a housing authority to greet an unsheltered person on a sidewalk or in an encampment. 

But for eight years, the Salem Housing Authority served a unique role in the community, going beyond their expected role of helping people pay rent and preventing evictions. The agency’s staffers were working in camps and on the streets to help pull people out of homelessness and into apartments.

That work,…