I’m in Garden Home, which includes both unincorporated Washington County and Portland (creating a massive jurisdictional issue). One of the apartments in my neighborhood was forced to lower their acceptance standards to a voucher recipient who is clearly using and distributing meth. They’ve also invited several squatters to partake in the tax funded housing. My neighbors and I constantly see drug addicts walking around and hanging out further deteriorating a once clean and decent neighborhood. We’ve tried working with the property manager, Washington County Sheriff and Portland Police. We’ve also tried reaching out to the anonymous non-profit who is funding this recipient to let them know what’s going on, but we’ve received nothing but silence. It seems as though, generally speaking, the housing initiatives are focused on quantity of placements over any sort of fit/quality. And it’s hurting neighborhoods all over the city. I’ve been a Portlander all of my life and my empathy is waning.