"Handing out a tent in a person's time of great need is like putting a Band-Aid on gangrene. It's not helping out at all," he said.

In one day, he and his students made them a wooden shelter. The families were able to move their tents inside and cover the wooden structure with tarps. “Those people deserve a warm place to sleep,” ...

Commissioners in Multnomah County are once again talking about handing out tents and tarps to those experiencing homelessness ...

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With little fanfare, Multnomah County has adopted a new policy that lays out rules for how it will distribute tents and tarps ...

Multnomah County has proposed a draft policy to distribute tents and tarps to the homeless, but lacks accountability and ...

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KHAN YOUNIS (Reuters) - After more than a year of war, Abu Razzak Al-Qassas and his family live in a makeshift shelter within a ... shelters of tattered tarps and blankets that are unlikely ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect the current funding level Tenfold has secured for the temporary shelter. Tenfold plans to convert a garage space behind its East King Street ...

Both the Aiken County Animal Shelter and the SPCA Albrecht Center were out of power for more than a week – presenting challenges neither shelter was prepared for. “It was really, I’m sure ...