5/27/23 News Roundup part 2

HOMELESSNESS <<The number of people experiencing homelessness of all kinds in Multnomah County—unsheltered, in shelters, and in transitional housing—rose 20% in 2023, an increase that county officials attributed to “ongoing use of increasingly robust by-name lists and services data.” Put another way: County officials claim they got much better at looking for unhoused people, muddying …