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=== HUCIRP - Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program ===
[[File:Lucas comment.jpg|thumb|left|Comment made by then mayor's aide, and now HUCIRP program manager
[[File:OMF-HUCIRP red toilet.jpeg|thumb|right|Inside one of the portable toilets installed by HUCIRP in 2020 in neighborhoods throughout the city that has become a haven for homeless drug addict activity. ]]
[[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 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)] 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>
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