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Mayor Wilson’s Strategy

Mayor Keith Wilson’s homelessness strategy (launched January 2025) is built around treating unsheltered homelessness as a citywide emergency. The plan emphasizes:

• Rapid expansion of emergency shelters – enough walk-in, low-barrier beds so no one has to sleep outside.
• Creation of new day centers – four facilities (one per council district) to provide supportive services and connections to housing.
• Enforcement of the camping ban – once adequate shelter is available, the city will resume full enforcement of its camping ordinance (effective November 1, 2025).
• Coordinated emergency response – through the Portland Solutions incident command system.

By the end of 2025, the city aims to:

• Add 1,500 new emergency beds (630 in place by August 2025).
• Open all four day centers.
• Move 2,699 people (50% of the unsheltered population) into housing or shelter.
• End the practice of discharging people from hospitals to the streets.

How the Knowledge Base Supports the Strategy

The Semantic MediaWiki knowledge base is designed to make the Mayor’s plan transparent, accessible, and actionable for both residents and service providers:

• Centralized Information Hub – Summarizes the strategy, timeline, facilities, and city actions in one authoritative place.
• Service Directories – Provides up-to-date listings of emergency shelters, day centers, and supportive services so unhoused individuals and advocates can quickly find help.
• Incident Reporting Tools – Allows citizens to report issues with camps, shelters, or services, supporting city enforcement and service quality monitoring.
• Accountability & Oversight – Tracks progress toward the Mayor’s deadlines (e.g., bed capacity, enforcement dates, housing outcomes).
• Community Engagement – Offers channels for feedback, volunteer opportunities, and partnerships with providers, ensuring the public can participate in solutions.
• Documentation of Challenges – Captures concerns (shelter quality, funding gaps, public response) to help policymakers and community groups evaluate and improve implementation.

📌 In short: the Mayor’s strategy sets the goals, and the knowledge base ensures the city and community have the tools, data, and transparency needed to reach them.

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