Portland has eliminated one of its two homeless villages for people living in RVs at the same time as Mayor Keith Wilson is cracking down on the practice of people sleeping in derelict vehicles.

The 55-spot Sunderland RV Safe Park, which opened more than two years ago near the intersection of Northeast Marine Drive and 33rd Drive, shut down Monday.

The closure of the Salvation Army-run site leaves Portland with just one safe RV parking location, about 10 minutes west of Sunderland. That site, called North Portland Road, has 70 parking spots and 90 sleeping pods. But to live there, people must agree to give up their RV when they move out.

Wilson’s long-term goal is to phase out RV shelter sites entirely and usher more vehicle-dwellers indoors as part of his broader pledge to end uns

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