I had missed that. Thanks, Tim. Elise

Hi Lindsey, I appreciate your response and sharing of your experiences. I hope it didn't come across as an antagonistic post. Apologies if it did. You highlighted what I thought about and expected mig

One of the really good things about this group is that it is solutions, ideas and action focused. I'm sharing the following, which isn't any of those things because I think it's important to keep in t

This is great, in terms of being able to catch up with what's going on! I'm looking forward to viewing the video and other material. Thanks for collecting and sharing these, Tim. Elise

" On Thursday, the White House confirmed it would let the moratorium expire because the supreme court said it would block additional extensions unless they were authorized by Congress. " Source: The G

US Congressperson Coi Bush (D-Missouri) has put forward a bill in the House of Representatives aimed at addressing homelessness and the issues of the unhoused. She herself has been unhoused. I am link

Thanks for explaining, Peter. I think around shelters what is hard is that on the flip side there is the danger that permanent housing won't be considered. There should be a balance. Elise

Hi Peter, How do you see a connection between Syrian refugee camps and the situation in Portland? You've detailed before the conceptual distinction between shelter and permanent villages and the need

This is MAJOR. Thanks for sharing this info, Tim. Elise

Hi Taffy, That sounds about right in terms of what I've seen a bunch - developer maximizing units (that are badly needed with the housing crunch) at the expense of usable living and storage space plus

It would be good to be able to get the floor plans for the development. My "favorite" (being sarcastic) model is one in which the apartments are thin, interlocking L shapes for which the fairly unusab

Aisha, I'm not a senior. I am someone with children (a tween and teen now). I've been to community events where most of the participants were seniors and it was made clear to me that my presence with

I also think it's relevant for the forum. I think it's problematic if we only focus on things once someone has nowhere to live, rather than look at the systems that create that scenario. And the case

I am following up the initial video I shared on the Denver campsites with a video giving a more in-depth tour (apparently of a demo village Colorado Village Collaborative set up). The speaker in the v

Thanks, Tim, for those clarifications and corrections and the context and deeper observations missing from the NBC segment. That this is a grassroots, village effort definitely did not come through in

I am sharing a news video on Denver's City-run campsites - that they've been deploying across their city and expanding since the pandemic, as it's likely to be referenced as a model in Portland and el

Thanks for sharing the film, Tommy. Elise

Thanks for explaining, Peter.

Hi Andy, Peter and Skip, I very much appreciate Andy's plan and sharing it with the community here on the listserv. Could you explain what your exchange a bit more. I'm not as versed in planning terms

I thought this Willamette Week article, authored by Sophie Peel, was relevant to what we've been discussing: Excerpts: "Four unhoused people filed a class action lawsuit against the city of Portland o