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Deer Creek Park in Roseburg in July 2025, where many homeless people are camping illegally.
Jane Vaughan
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JPR
Unhoused adults are at least three and a half times more likely to die than the general population. Many groups that work with homeless people hold services around the winter solstice to highlight the dangers of homelessness and to remember those who passed away during the year.