Family sues Central City Concern after son’s body left decomposed [Video]

PORTLAND, Ore. — The family of Brendan Mackey is suing Central City Concern, one of Portland’s primary supportive housing providers, for negligence after it took two months for workers to check on his well-being — only to find his decomposed body in his room at the Shoreline Building transitional housing facility.

The 33-year-old was only found when a staff member entered the room for a routine smoke detector test, months after his parents and sister began attempting to reach him and asking the organization to perform a welfare check. The family is now suing Central City Concern and Multnomah County for $9 million in damages. 

Mackey had entered Shoreline Building following his release from prison after serving a year for a conviction of unlawful use of a weapon with …