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Homelessness in Portland, Oregon and across many urban cities has been attributed to the Great Recession of 08, rising housing prices, and stagnant wages The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) defines affordable rent as paying no more than 30% of income for housing In the Portland Metro area, 125,000 of the 349,000Accepted as homeless and in priority need over this nineyear period Over the last three years, the rate in Weymouth and Portland has been higher than elsewhere in the county;Homelessness in America Seventeen out of every 10,000 people in the United States were experiencing homelessness on a single night in January 19 during HUD's Annual PointinTime Count These 567,715 people represent a crosssection of America They are associated with every region of the country, family status, gender category, and racial/ethnic group Our Homeless Crisis Oregonlive Com Homeless statistics in portland oregon