Mayor Wheeler addresses the revolving door of homeless camps in Portland

One of the biggest neighborhood complaints about homeless camps is that they’re moved out, but then within weeks they return.

Now, Mayor Ted Wheeler is responding.

Nearly two months ago, KATU told you about a woman who was living in a tent at Southeast 121st and Division.

Now, after living for a few weeks at 124th and Division, the city tagged her entire encampment and she had to move — again.

It has become a way of life for so many in Portland’s homeless community. They get kicked out and often move right back to where they came from.

The woman in this story was headed right back to where she started — Southeast 121st and Division.

“I’m gonna drop my stuff off over there and then just park it, cuz right now it’s really hot. But I have to do this, so I don’t have a choice,” she said.

And that is exactly what frustrates neighbors. The homeless camps are moved out, only to return within days, or even hours.

One neighbor, who requested anonymity, is fed up.

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