Homeless population looks to be increasing

Crowded shelters among signs of growing problem

By Patrick Cliff / The Bulletin
January 22, 2008

Two weeks ago, Jim Gunn, of Central Oregon Veterans Outreach, a group that works with homeless people around the area, found a man in a homeless camp near the Bend city limits.

Through freezing temperatures, the man had been sick in his tent for four days. He had broken his ankle the previous....

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