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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Nostalgia and NIMBYism Stand in the Way of Sheltering the Homeless
Description: Full Text: For more than a year, Cascade Policy Institute has urged Metro to convert all or part of its Expo Center into a shelter for the region’s homeless. For much of that year, the City of Portland and Metro have had on-again, off-again conversations about using the site.
Let’s face it. The Expo Center is a money pit. It needs subsidies from Metro, Portland, and Multnomah County just to cover its operating costs.
Metro likes to brag that the Expo Center generates $50 million of economic activity in the region. That’s the equiva...