Portland-Multnomah County joint office reports ‘unacceptable’ underspending of tax revenue to fund homeless services

Hattie Redmond Apartments grand opening

The Hattie Redmond Apartments, a 60-unit development that provides permanent housing to people with disabilities, is one housing project that wrapped up during this fiscal year. It held its grand opening on April 4, 2023. Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian

The Joint Office of Homeless Services is struggling badly to deploy the money it has raised from a tax that voters approved in 2020 to tackle homelessness, the latest quarterly report shows.

The city-county joint office spent only about $40 million in the first three quarters of the 2023 fiscal year – less than half of the $83.4 million it had intended to spend.

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