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

From: Janet McManus <janettmcmanus@...> Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 11:11 AM Subject: Upcoming Alternative Shelter Network Meeting Sept. 9 Hello all, we have a great agenda planned for our upcoming mee

(I used to get regular emails from pdxshelterforum. Is there a new group discussion email address?) Austin voters banned homeless people from camping in public spaces. The city is creating housing for

Seattle faces many of the same issues as Portland. If you have trouble getting past the paywall to read these stories, please let me know and I'll send you the full text. The first story quotes PSU Pr

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2022-06-21/portland-liberal-support-lags-homeless-services-drugs

Hi many of you have probably already seen this, but a colleague shared it, so wanted to pass it along just in case. It's a powerful idea, however, I know every idea has its high and low points in term

I received this question from a journalist recently: is Portland the (or “a”) national leader in embracing various models of unhoused villages? Here's my reply to them and the editor: ------------ I'd

June 20, 2022 Dear Friends, On behalf of the founder/executive director and board of directors we offer an open invitation for inquiries about merging with or acquiring the non-profit entity Cascadia

PDX Shelter Forum, I hope this email finds you well. I would like to personally invite you to this very important presentation on Built for Zero. It will be short and to the point. This is the third i

Virtual Town Hall: Homelessness Solutions — tonight 6-7pm PST, hosted by People for Portland Direct Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89780119231 with: Alan Evans of Helping Hands (running Bybee La

To our friends at the PDX Shelter Forum, Please find attached the news release from Beacon Village about our new Executive Director, Cara Rothe. Cara will be joining the team starting March 1. Thanks!

https://twitter.com/oregonhousing/status/1489353017723817985?s=21

I mistakenly unsubscribed a few minutes ago. How to get back on? thank you, gloria halper losninos6@...

Dear PDX Shelter Forum: Toward our common goal of creating a bright and housed future for Portland I would like to share some ideas that may be helpful. I’m now retired, but while working in the corpo

5pm PST, starting soon: RSVP for video premiere of short film "Esperanza Means Hope," about Austin, Texas's #EsperanzaCommunity, resident-directed houseless camp/village, now piloting innovative upbui

Hi All, Not sure if this is the best place to post something like this but I'm trying to find a community project that could use my stash of bamboo. Garden? Natural building? I can bundle and deliver