Portland Region Voters Approve a Tax on Wealthy Households to Fund ...

Portland Region Voters Approve a Tax on Wealthy Households to Fund Homeless Services The $250 million-a-year measure aims to end chronic homelessness. Tents near the grain elevators on the ... Read More

What to know about the Portland area’s homeless services tax

In May 2020, voters in Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties approved a historic new tax to fund homeless services. The 10-year tax measure was sponsored by Metro, the regional government ... Read More

Tax to fund homeless services in Portland metro area passes

PORTLAND, Ore. — Voters in the Portland metro area have approved a new tax that is estimated to raise $2.5 billion over a decade for homeless services. Measure 26-210 has 57% of the vote. The ... Read More

Portland metro area’s homeless tax could bring in nearly $1 billion ...

The tax built to fund homeless services in the Portland metro area is expected to rake in nearly $1 billion more than previously anticipated over the next six years. Read More

What is the Portland tax to fund homeless services? | kgw.com

Portland metro tax to fund homeless services tests voter mood in pandemic The ballot measure was planned before the COVID-19 pandemic reduced the U.S. economy to tatters. To stream KGW on your ... Read More

Thousands of high-income households failed to pay Portland area taxes ...

Almost a quarter of the six-figure households that owed a Metro tax to fund homeless services failed to pay it in tax year 2021, the first year the tax went into effect, figures provided to The ... Read More

Metro approves income, business tax for homeless services

The proposal will tax some individuals at 1% and some businesses at 5%, and is expected to raise $250 million a year for homeless services. Read More

Renew gas tax? Fund homeless services? Voters to decide

Voters in Multnomah County will decide on 2 tax measures in the May 19 primary, one to renew the Portland gas tax and the other to provide money for homeless services. Read More

Portland-Multnomah County joint office reports ‘unacceptable ...

The Joint Office of Homeless Services is struggling badly to deploy the money it has raised from a tax that voters approved in 2020 to tackle homelessness, the latest quarterly report shows. Read More

Portland Tourists Will Now Help Pay For Homeless Services

Money from Portland’s booming tourism industry will soon be used to aid the region’s worsening homeless crisis. For over a year, regional leaders have been hammering out an agreement to take ... Read More

Portland area projected to get $320 million from homeless tax revenue ...

Portland area projected to get $320 million from homeless tax revenue -- $85 million more than the previous forecast Updated: Aug. 31, 2023, 4:19 p.m. | Published: Aug. 29, 2023, 6:33 p.m. Read More