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An Oregon county has eradicated homeless encampments after putting rough sleepers in a 90-strong pod village.
Washington County spent millions on the system moving unhoused individuals into subsidized housing, including the new tiny homes.
For the last two years, most of its homelessness services tax has been spent building 90 pods at three locations.
Outreach workers have, according to local reporting, been able to eliminate seven large and medium-sized encampments.
But the new homeless village has sparked outrage among some, having been plonked in the middle of a housing estate with young families.
The very small pod structures are meant to be a temporary-ish shelter option for the county's hundreds of homeless
For the last two years, most of Washington County's homelessness services tax has been spent building 90 pods at three locations
For the last two years, most of Washington County's Metro homelessness services tax has been spent building 90 tiny homes at three locations across the county and expanding its shelter network
The county has spent about 40 percent of the $86million in Metro homelessness tax proceeds it allocated to spend this fiscal year, which ends in June.
But not everyone is happy with the arrangements the county is making to get most of its hundreds of homeless residents off the streets.
The pod villages have to go somewhere, and one of the locations selected for a tiny village was Aloha, Oregon, on the grounds of the Aloha United Methodist Church.
The area is largely populated by the county's elderly population, some of whom are worried about disruptions to the neighborhood and potential safety concerns.
'If somebody is a potential hazard, we have the right to know that for our own safety,' Jim Wassgren, who has lived in the are for 25 years, told ABC15.
'We've invested
