Wesley Vaughan

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Wesley Vaughan is a formerly incarcerated writer whose nonfiction has appeared in The Appeal, Bolts, Inquest, InvestigateWest, Next City, and elsewhere. He has received multiple grants for his investigative reporting, including a Neal Peirce Foundation Travel Grant. He lives with his partner in Portland, Oregon.

A middle-aged white man holding a gray and black backpack and wearing a black jacket, black pants, a gray hat, and headphones around his neck stands at the bottom of a brick staircase leading to a large historic building. A sign on the staircase reads, in part, "The Alano Club of Portland, circa 1905."

Homelessness

Portland’s Mayor Went All in on Overnight-Only Shelters. Homelessness Is Still Rising

January 27, 2026 | Wesley Vaughan

Ending unsheltered homelessness was a major campaign promise for the current mayor of Portland, Oregon. Homelessness service providers in the area say he chose methods that don’t work.