cm0002@lemmy.world to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMultnomah County confirms it used short-term money to pay for long-term homeless serviceswww.opb.orgexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up15arrow-down10cross-posted to: portland@lemmy.ml
arrow-up15arrow-down1external-linkMultnomah County confirms it used short-term money to pay for long-term homeless serviceswww.opb.orgcm0002@lemmy.world to Portland@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square1fedilinkcross-posted to: portland@lemmy.ml
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·23 hours agoRemember when the scandal was we had $100 million in UNSPENT funding? Somehow we went from that, to $100 million in debt. A swing of $200 million. Short term spending on long term problems doesn’t explain a $200 million swing. https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/we-have-so-much-money-multnomah-county-has-more-than-100-million-for-homeless-services-that-it-has-yet-to-spend/283-7a7b350b-0789-4e88-a6d6-1ac73cbd9c45
Remember when the scandal was we had $100 million in UNSPENT funding? Somehow we went from that, to $100 million in debt. A swing of $200 million.
Short term spending on long term problems doesn’t explain a $200 million swing.
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/we-have-so-much-money-multnomah-county-has-more-than-100-million-for-homeless-services-that-it-has-yet-to-spend/283-7a7b350b-0789-4e88-a6d6-1ac73cbd9c45