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While serving as an aide to Mayor Hales, Lucas Hillier 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 had challenges with organization and 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 have 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> Goose Hollow Foothills League meeting noted HUCIRP and city needs to be held accountable in the way they conduct sweeps, with regard to how a sweep near a capital improvement project resulted in campers simply moving into their neighborhood.(page 2) [http://www.goosehollow.org/images/GHFLMinutes20210218.pdf GHFL February 2021 meeting notes]
==== HUCIRP Strategic Plan 2019-2021 ====
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