Portland City Bans Free Distribution of Tents and Tarps over Fire Hazard Concerns
With a forecast of near-freezing temperatures and heavy rain on the horizon, the city of Portland’s homelessness first response team has been ordered to stop distributing tents to people sleeping outside.
The announcement comes from Portland’s newest city commissioner, Rene Gonzalez, who oversees Portland Street Response, the burgeoning first response team focused on people experiencing homelessness or mental health issues.
In a press release sent Tuesday evening, Gonzalez said he has ordered all bureaus he oversees to temporarily suspend the distribution of both tents and tarps to members of the public. This includes the Portland Fire Bureau, which houses Portland Street Response.
The ban is due to a number of recent tent fires, according to Gonzalez.
“It has become clear that tent and tarp-related fires are a grave public safety emergency for our city,” Gonzalez said in the press release. “Unsanctioned fires put our first responders, houseless individuals, and our neighborhoods at risk.”
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