Experts say eviction filings are almost twice as high as before the pandemic, driven by rising costs and stagnant wages.

Only a couple of months after Parker's Place Village opened at full capacity, the future of the Grants Pass homeless shelter is uncertain.

Ashland will pay OHRA $57,500 to oversee its night lawn for six months, while officials develop a long-term plan and the nonprofit introduces assigned spaces.

Two city-owned lots could hold about 64 tent spaces, staff estimated. Roseburg councilors rejected the locations and agreed to continue looking at options.

Starting next summer, homeless seniors will have a new tiny home village to move into, under the management of the Gospel Rescue Mission, a Christian nonprofit.

The arrangement is ending barely a month after the shelter fully opened amid hopes it would help address the city’s homelessness crisis.

Grants Pass has faced years of lawsuits over its treatment of homeless people. Many residents cheered the recent opening of a new shelter. But the nonprofit Park Watch says some of the problems have shifted elsewhere.

California reduced its official homeless count in 2025 after years of increases. Now, preliminary data for 2026 shows many places in the state are continuing to make progress.

The nonprofit OHRA will take over management of the site for six months as part of a city pilot program.

Parker's Place Village will house 150 homeless folks in converted shipping containers, but the last few rooms still need final occupancy approval from the city.

In an effort to address the city's longstanding homelessness crisis, Roseburg will look at possible urban campgrounds on city-owned parking lots downtown.

The number of homeless people in some far Northern California counties appears to be dropping, according to a count conducted in January.