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Plan Calls For Spending $30 Million To Reduce Homelessness

(Portland, OR)  --  A plan that's been tentatively agreed to by Portland, Gresham, and Multnomah County government leaders would spend 30-million dollars to reduce homelessness.  The Portland City Council and the Multnomah County Board of Directors will vote on whether to approve the plan in their respective budgets, which take effect on July 1st.  Portland's share would be 20-million dollars and the county's share would be ten-million to fund the plan.  Officials told the "Portland Tribune" the plan is intended to reduce homelessness by 50 percent by no later than 2020.  

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