Atụmatụ ịrara ụtụ nke ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ, ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ na ụgbọ ala maka ọrụ ọha, ndị Portland City Council na Metro Council akwadolarị ya. Ego a raara onwe ya nye ga-akwụ ndị na-enye ọrụ aka iji nyere ndị nwere obere ego aka na ahụike uche yana okwu ndị ọzọ ịnọ n'ụlọ nke Portland na Metro nwere ọnụ ụlọ nke ga-ewu.
Ọ bụrụ na akwadoro, mgbanwe a ga-ebu ụzọ kenye $2.5 nde kwa afọ maka ibi ndụ na nchekwa yana ọrụ nkwado maka ndị mmadụ na-enwe enweghị ebe obibi, ma ọ bụ nọ n'ihe ize ndụ nke inwe enweghị ebe obibi. Ọnụ ọgụgụ ahụ ga-eto ka oge na-aga.
"Ego a ga-akwụ ụgwọ maka ibi ndụ na ọrụ nkwado, yana ụgwọ ọrụ ndị metụtara ya, mmemme nkwado na ọrụ ndị sitere na ego nke obodo na Metro nke ndị ntuli aka kwadoro na 2016 na 2018, n'otu n'otu, iji mepụta ụlọ dị ọnụ ala maka ndị na-enweghị ego, ” na-agụ nyocha nke nha nke mpaghara ga-atụle. Obodo, ógbè na Metro na-ekpebi ojiji nke ụtụ isi a.
N'ịtụ anya nkwado nke mgbanwe a, Onye isi oche Multnomah County Deborah Kafoury kwuru, "Ndị mmadụ bi na mpụga na-akawanye nká ma na-enwe nkwarụ na ọnọdụ ahụike na-adịghị ala ala. Ha enweghị okomoko nke ichere, anyị ekwesịghịkwa. Anyị maara na gọọmentị etiti agaghị abanye na ya ma nye anyị ego anyị chọrọ. Yabụ na anyị ga-eche echiche nke ọma wee chọpụta ego ha ga enweta n'ofe mpaghara ahụ, dịka nke a. "
Nkwekọrịta ọhụrụ a ga-enyekwa ego ndozigharị na Veterans Memorial Coliseum na Portland's Centre for Arts, ihe nkiri nlegharị anya mpaghara.
Tourists spent $5.3 billion in greater Portland in 2018 and is a huge part of our economy, and we need to make sure we continue to draw visitors from around the world to our great city. Hawaii is in an even worse situations with the largest percentage of homeless people, many residing in areas frequented by visitors.
