Gov. Tina Kotek on Thursday extended Oregon's emergency order on homelessness, which directs state agencies to work to reduce the number of people without housing.
The order, first signed two years ago, was part of Kotek's plan to stand up a statewide system to support homeless shelters and other work to prevent people from becoming homeless. Her budget proposal for the next biennium seeks more than $680 million to fund shelters, rental assistance and other work to prevent people from becoming homeless and rehouse those who are.
Many of Salem's shelters, including Church at the Park micro shelters and the Navigation Center, now operate primarily with state money. Oregon now has about 4,800 shelter beds.
“We must stay the course on what we see working. If we keep at this pace, 1 in every 3 people who were experiencing homelessness in 2023 will be rehoused,” Kotek said in a statement. “Since declaring the homelessness emergency response two years ago, we exceeded the targets we set through a statewide homelessness infrastructure we never had before. But the urgency remains as homelessness continues to increase and we need to see this strategy through.”
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