#1,616 - Gov. Kotek wants pods at Portland's sanctioned homeless camping sites instead of tents

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler said the city is considering using pod structures instead of tents for their sanctioned homeless camping sites after Gov. Tina Kotek told him they would rather the camps have them, and the state can pay for them.

We spoke one-on-one with Wheeler about this in a break during Wednesday's Portland City Council meeting.

He says in the current form, the plan for mass homeless camping sites wouldn't qualify for any of the $200 million the Legislature just passed. But a pod village would.

Wheeler said in a recent meeting, Kotek said she wants the city to use pods instead of tents and offered to fund it and help get them delivered.

“One of the concerns that’s been expressed by the governor is that what we’re proposing is a tent camp, and frankly, some of the neighborhoods in the immediate vicinity are concerned about that as well. Now, I could certainly live with that. I’ve seen what the contractor Urban Alchemy does in other communities, it’s certainly neat, it’s orderly, it’s clean, it’s safe, but the governor feels pretty strongly that it should be more rigid structures like pods. And she’s committed to both helping fund those and secure them, so I think that’s a big step up ... it’s greatly appreciated," Wheeler said.

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