Homeless encampments: Difference between revisions

[[File:Lucas comment.jpg|thumb|left|Comment made by then mayor's aide, and now HUCIRP program manager calling a Lents resident "douchebag". ]]

[[File:Red toilet ceiling.jpg|thumb|right|Infectious blood splatter inside HUCIRP red toilet caused by homeless drug law offenders shooting up drugs. These toilets become neighborhood drug booths.]][[File:OMF FUCKUP.jpg|thumb|When the City of Portland OMF-HUCIRP install these, it becomes a shooting gallery and criminal offenses such as distribution of controlled substances see an uptick in the area. ]]

HUCIRP is a working unit of Office of Management and Finance within the municipal government of Portland, Oregon.<ref>https://www.portlandoregon.gov/cbo/article/743341</ref> It is a 3.0 FTE program that is staffed by Lucas Hillier, Katie Lindsay and Jonathan Lewis<ref>https://www.opb.org/article/2020/11/24/portland-program-aims-to-help-homeless-campers-and-reduce-impact-of-camps-on-neighborhoods/</ref> which had an expense to tax payers of $5.8 million in FY2019-2020 and is demanding $6.5 million for FY2021-22<ref>portlandoregon.gov/cbo/article/780711</ref>(p.208). The program manager Lucas Hillier was the aide to former mayor Charles Hales that called a Lents neighborhood community member "douchebag" on Facebook after they voiced concerns about encampments<ref>https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/lents-resident-mocked-by-mayors-aide-his-verbal-attack-is-shameful/283-319437905</ref><ref>https://www.wweek.com/news/2020/07/07/portland-to-resume-homeless-camp-sweeps/</ref>. The HUCIRP program in itself was questioned for lack of oversight.<ref>https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2019/06/06/26591451/oversight-questions-arise-as-portland-pays-to-clean-up-homeless-campsites</ref>

The city auditor investigated OMF's HUCIRP and found that the program frequently ignored hundreds of complaints about transient camps from citizens and were all in all, a disorganized group and didn't have a coherent means of prioritization.[https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2019/03/portland-homeless-camps-clean-up-program-needs-improving-auditors-say.html Portland homeless camps clean-up program needs improving, auditors say(The Oregonian piece from 2019)]&nbsp;As of June 2020, some of the recommendations made by the auditor's office has yet to be implemented such as keeping constituents informed about the status of their complaints.<ref>https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/06/portlands-camp-cleanup-program-has-improved-according-to-city-auditor.html</ref>

<blockquote>''HUCIRP "is responsible for coordinating cleanup/abatement of unsanctioned campsites on City and ODOT [Oregon Department of Transportation] owned properties/rights-of-way within the City&nbsp;while managing the City’s&nbsp;One Point of Contact&nbsp;campsite reporting system."&nbsp; [City of Portland [https://www.portlandoregon.gov/toolkit/article/562211 HUCIRP site]].&nbsp;''</blockquote>

The program staff pronounce it like "HUCK-urp."<br />We suggest "hue-SURP" - like "usurp."

HUCIRP Strategic Plan 2019-2021

[[File:City_of_Portland_OMF_HUCIRP_red_toilet.jpeg|thumb|right|the red toilet advocated by OMF-HUCIRP's Katherine Lindsay. They attract graffiti which is required to be removed within 10 days of appearance <ref>https://www.portland.gov/code/14/b80/040</ref>. The city regularly fails to hold itself to its own code, because graffiti generally remains even past 10 days after service activity occurs as service visit means a prima facie evidence of city vendor's awareness of graffiti presence.]]