Portland’s daytime camping ban may be reevaluated after facing legal challenges

The ordinance to ban daytime camping was initially slated to go into effect in July 2023, but stalled after the Oregon Law Center sued the city in September on behalf of thousands of homeless residents – prompting a Multnomah County judge to issue an injunction in November that paused any enforcement until the end of the lawsuit.

Homeless advocates say they are not surprised to see these legal setbacks while Multnomah County only has about 2,000 shelter beds and an estimated 8,000 homeless residents. Dr. Sandra Comstock, the executive director of Hygiene4All said, “They are basically saying that it’s a criminal act simply to exist as a houseless person.”

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