We are excited to announce a very special forum next Wednesday, January 27th 2021 with guests from SquareOne Villages, Eugene, whose mission is to “create self-managed communities of cost-effective ti

today 3-5om is the monthly, open meeting of the Safety Off the Streets Workgroup, a subcommittee of the Coordinating Board of A Home For Everyone: meet.google.com/svq-vkja-ykr. SOS Workground is the s

The Planning and Sustainability Commission had a meeting today on which main item was a Work Session (no public comment) on Shelter to Housing Continuum. Basically, they and the city staff are honing

Further interesting struggles in Oakland, one of the key US homelessness/activism leading edges, with one of the most publicly articulated and wide-ranging political conflict on these issues. Coalitio

You are invited to join and possibly testify at today's every-other-month Wednesdays 3-5pm public meeting of the Coordinating Board of A Home For Everyone. This is the wider committee, advising the Ex

To: PDX Shelter Forum Bcc: Nigel Jaquiss (reporter, WW), Marc Jolin, JOHS Denis Theriault, Communications, JOHS / AHFE [inviting comment or to join forum if they wish. You can reply/post even if not a

The deadline to submit testimony on the S2HC Proposed Draft is today at 5pm. You can sign onto the S2HC Proposed Draft Advocacy Letter by completing a simple form here. You can also submit your own te

Hope everyone is having a great day. We are scheduling another working session to talk about the S2HC project and to work towards an advocacy letter for the Proposed Draft. The Working Session will be

today at 5pm is the 2nd hearing for Shelter to Housing Continuum (S2HC) project, at Portland Planning & Sustainability Commission. You're invited to watch, and also, add your comments & suggestions to

S2HC Advocacy Working Session Monday, 12/7 from 5:30-7:30pm Zoom Link Working Document Link For those who are interested, but new to S2HC, I would highly recommend watching the recording of the S2HC I

How might this have gone down differently? from Portland Tribune, Thurs Nov 19, reporting on actions that morning. https://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/488573-393195-portland-crews-clear-out-laurelhurst

Comment on supportive housing services work plan From: Metro [mailto:housingservices@...] Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 11:47 AM To: Choya Renata <Choya.Renata@...> Subject: Comment on supportive h

At the houseless camp in Laurelhurst Park, reportedly a cleanup and "site removal" is planned for tomorrow (Tuesday) starting as early as 5am. (background: August 11th on KATU, and emails included in

Here's an update on on Oakland's controversial, yet unanimously (by City Council) approved, Encampment Management Policy (EMP) (PDF). It essentially bans street camps in most of the city -- "High sens

today at 2pm is the continuation session for last week's important City Council hearing on Fall Supplemental Budget (aka "Fall bump"). Notes on this are below in A), plus see below B) a call from Stre

https://mailchi.mp/dcd593a19d75/2019-end-of-year-report-4643142?e=e0975f41cf

Letter and easy co-sign form: http://s2hc-letter.pdxshelterforum.org/. Bureau of Planning staff are still accepting today (they told us) emailed input on the crucial Shelter to Housing Continuum (S2HC

Hi everyone. My name is Keith Wilson and I wanted to introduce myself to you as a new participant to the forum. I have been working hard this past couple of years to gain more knowledge on homelessnes

As most of you know the Shelter to Housing Continuum (S2HC) project is going to, among other things, define what kind of alternative shelters and villages are allowed and where they are allowed. The P

the Discussion Draft of this Portland regulation reform package was released yesterday, see announcement email below from the Bureau of Planning & Sustainability. The final version of this, to be appr