After spending $5.8 million on a building south of Burnside Street to provide shelter and services to homeless people in downtown Portland, county officials are passing the hat to find money to fix the building and then operate it.
But so far, the city has not made a firm commitment and a bill expected to provide needed funds is stalled in the Legislature.
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