The county homeless services department is facing a devastating budget deficit, which could require the early closure of two shelters and cut other homeless programs in the upcoming fiscal year, which starts on July 1, Multnomah County Chair Jessica Vega Pedersen said Friday.
The county’s general fund and the amount of homeless services tax revenue that the Metro regional government collects from businesses and high-income earners in the tri-county area would be impacted by the county and region’s declining or stagnant tax receipts over the last year. The issue is made worse by the fact that federal funding from the pandemic has largely dried up. Additionally, under President Donald Trump, federal spending on homeless services, like other federal funding sources, is questionable.
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