March 20, 2023 3:00 a.m.

On Friday Oregon Governor Tina Kotek announced that Malheur County meets the criteria to be included in the Homelessness State of Emergency she declared on her first day in office, January 10.

Kotek made the decision to include the county in the order and notified the county with a letter after Oregon Housing and Community Services reviewed county data and determined that Malheur County meets the criteria for inclusion.

*On March 9, 2023 the Malheur County Board of Commissioners declared a local state of emergency related to homelessness

*The number of unsheltered people in Malheur County was 141 in 2022, which exceeds the minimum threshold of 30 households experiencing unsheltered homelessness

Malheur County is the second county added to the emergency declaration, proceeded by Clatsop County.