A tent sits at the corner of 3rd Ave. and Main St. in downtown Portland on Thurs., May 20, 2021. The OregonianThe Oregonian
Andre Polk spent 10 years living on Portland’s streets, doing his best to sequester himself from the violence and drug use that the 55-year-old said surrounds many in the city’s homeless population.
That changed last week when Polk, with the help of a Multnomah County program beset by a sluggish rollout, finally got into an apartment.
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