The need in our community far exceeds $1 Billion----- Wheeler

  

'The need in our community far exceeds available resources"  

----Mayor Quack

https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portland-second-mass-sanctioned-homeless-camp-site-st-johns/283-7d0ce46c-3c4a-43f1-b7ea-9e98661a4511 

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"The tax built to fund homeless services in the Portland metro area is expected to rake in nearly $1 billion more than previously anticipated over the next six years." 

 https://www.opb.org/article/2023/10/26/portland-multnomah-county-oregon-homeless-tax-metro-supportive-housing-funding/ 

In 2021, the first year of the tax, Metro collected $240 million.  

In 2022, that number grew to $337 million. 

 Metro estimates that for the fiscal year 2023, which ends in June 2024, the tax will bring in at least $357 million. 

 Revenue is supposed to hold steady over the next six years."