(Portland, OR) -- Homelessness increased 24 percent in Oregon from 2023 to 2024. A report from Portland State University based on the homeless point-in-time count found a 16 percent increase in the number of unsheltered homeless people. That's more than 11-hundred additional people living on the streets. Nearly 25-hundred shelter beds were added in Oregon. 21 out of 36 counties had an increase in shelter beds.