Letters to the Editor: Portland’s identity crisis is really a housing crisis
LA TimesA man sits in his tent with a river view in Portland, Ore., in 2021. To the editor: By looking mostly at policing, homelessness and drug addiction to answer to the question, “What’s the matter with Portland?”, we overlook a huge piece of the puzzle — a lack of affordable housing. The housing crisis drives poverty, homelessness and crime, and those responsible for price gouging are probably delighted to have our attention diverted by debates over police and crime. Courtney Brooks, Port Orchard, Wash.. To the editor: Buried within the article’s examples of Portland’s rising crime is the awkward revelation that the city’s crime rate is, in fact, no worse than average among 40 cities studied. To the editor: Homelessness, crime and civic unrest in Portland are well-documented issues, and this article did not shed any new light on the problems.
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