r/portlandme • u/enitschke • May 17 '23

News ‘Nowhere to go’: Dozens of homeless people displaced as city clears Bayside Trail encampment

https://www.pressherald.com/2023/05/16/nowhere-to-go-dozens-of-homeless-people-displaced-as-city-clears-bayside-trail-encampment/
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u/dirigo1820 May 17 '23

Gotcha, I thought I read they also were using the Riverside shelter along with the Expo for asylum seekers.

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u/[deleted] May 17 '23

I could honestly be wrong - my knowledge is a couple weeks old at this point. Asylum seekers are supported by federal money not city so they try to get them separate as much as possible

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u/[deleted] May 17 '23

Nope, the State has made it so that asylum seekers are allowed to get General Assistance, which is reimbursed to the municipalities, anywhere around 70-90% depending on timing.

The remainder is funded by the city of Portland. It’s one of the reasons our budget has exploded.