THAT’S NOT LEGAL:
NEW: Blue jurisdictions are rationing homeless services based on race.
In Portland, a non-white, non-native English speaker who is LGBT would get priority over a domestic violence survivor with a 6 yr old child who's been homeless for 12+ months.
The policies are shocking.🧵 pic.twitter.com/pgd9HyF2PW
— Aaron Sibarium (@aaronsibarium) April 29, 2026
Must-read thread, but this part stands out:
Let’s start with Multnomah County, OR, home of deep blue Portland, where deaths of homeless people quadrupled between 2019 and 2023. The county’s screening tool for housing services is designed to “prioritize … BIPOC households, LGBTQIA2S+, [and] people with disabilities.”
Read the whole thing.