ProxyAddress was born out of one man's vision to solve homelessness. Fuelled by his passion for broadening the practice of architecture to help people who are experiencing homelessness, British archit

I stumbled across an ad for Arrived, a company backed by Jeff Bezos, that enables small investors to buy rental homes (not big apartment buildings) by buying shares "from $100 to $50,000 per property.

I'm not sure if this is helpful and most of you have probably seen it already but I thought I'd share in case it's helpful. Thanks for the fantastic work you all do. It has been a jarring few years fo

Living Unit Village Site Plan Mngr House Desks by Dan Mini-kitchen December 2022 UPDATE Dear Friends of Cascadia Clusters: Hi. 5+ years of hands-on research developing villages for houseless Portlande

To: Alternative Shelter Network, PDX Shelter Forum Bcc: Mark Lakeman, Communitecture; Todd Ferry, PSU. just out from Next City: https://nextcity.org/urbanist-news/in-portlands-self-governed-dignity-vi

Hi all. Starting with the basic parameters we heard from the Mayor’s Office, we are building a prototype of a Tent Pod. We welcome your questions, comments, criticisms etc. More soon - after we put a

---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Mayor Ted Wheeler <mayorwheeler@...> Date: Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 2:16 PM Subject: City Approves $27M Down Payment for Sanctioned Campsite Plan To: Portlander

Some Thoughts from Cascadia Clusters on Sanctioned Camping Sites Our community is focusing on developing six, 100 person camps - each on 2 - 4 acres with the option to grow each camp to 250 units. Two

To: Alternative Shelter Network, PDX Shelter Forum see info below for joining meeting today: ---- Forwarded message ----- From: Morrison, Taylor <Taylor.Morrison@...> Date: Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 3:47 P

Posted: https://www.streetroots.org/news/2022/11/16/opinion-l-mental-health-association-portland-tells-city-council-plan-camping-ban The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes the City of Portl

As someone who has been involved for many months in the drafting of Good Neighbor Agreements with the county/city for a safe rest village (SRV), I have scratched my head repeatedly at the county and J

Wheeler proposes $27M for sanctioned camping sites for homeless https://katu.com/news/local/portland-mayor-ted-wheeler-proposes-27m-for-sanctioned-camping-sites-for-homeless by KATU StaffThursday, Nov

On Thurs the City Council as expected approved a set of 5 resolutions addressing homelessness, all by unanimous vote except for 4-1 vote (Hardesty voting 'no') on resolution setting plan to: 1) ban un

Hi Tim, Thanks for forwarding the list. I didn’t realize that I did get signed up to speak, so thank you, now I can prepare! Below is a copy of the testimony I sent via email. I haven’t timed it or pr

What shall I say? I'm signed up early in the list to testiify at the City Council public hearing tomorrow afternoon, about the 5 new housing/homelessness resolutions released by Mayor Wheeler on Frida

The Salt Lake City Council voted 6-1 on Tuesday night to revamp a vacant eight-acre plot on the city’s West Side to house the homeless in a village of tiny homes. The plan involves developing a … View

https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/10/13/mayor-will-announce-plan-to-ban-unsanctioned-camping-across-portland-build-500-person-homeless-campuses/ [note from Tim: I am inclined to not put too much st

Most Bay Area tiny home villages are apparently housing folks for 6 months or even less in preparation for permanent housing: https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/09/25/tiny-homes-and-homelessness-what-th

From: Janet McManus <janettmcmanus@...> Date: Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 9:01 PM Subject: Final Agenda, Mission and Values of ASN Hello all, see attachments. I look forward to our conversation on Friday. --

From: <janettmcmanus@...> Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:05 AM Subject: Invitation: Alternate Shelter Network Mtg @ Fri Sep 9, 2022 10am - 11:50am (PDT) Alternate Shelter Network Mtg ────────── Janet M