Redmond safe parking site faces closure as state budget cuts hit Central Oregon homelessness response

Redmond safe parking site faces closure as state budget cuts hit Central Oregon homelessness response

Shelter service providers across Central Oregon are dealing with less funding from the state this year. A safe parking program in Redmond, intended to help people transition from living in their vehicles or small structures to stable housing, could close soon. Last Friday, Rick Russell learned his safe parking organization wouldn’t be receiving the state funding they had hoped for. Russell, 45, is the executive director of Mountain View Communit…