A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Housing-First-HUD.pdf. During the April 24, 2023 Seaside City Council meeting Rick Bowers shared this information during the 3-minute public comment period. Here is the link (opens in a new window): https://www.youtube.com/live/_StWI3xrj_Y?feature=share&t=4300. 3-Minute Speech Today I, Rick Bowers, would like to share some information about HUD’s “Go…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/ACE-Homelessness.pdf. During the March 13, 2023 Seaside City Council meeting Rick Bowers shared this information during the 3-minute public comment period. Here is the link to the meeting (opens in a new window): https://www.youtube.com/live/7tsqVsci1F0?feature=share&t=3972. 3-Minute Speech Over the past couple of meetings, I, Rick Bowers, have…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Rents-in-Clatsop-County.pdf. During the February 13, 2023 Seaside City Council meeting Rick Bowers described this slide during the public comment period. Here is the link (opens in new window): https://www.youtube.com/live/NXPp3l1Dv9c?&t=4519 2-Minute Speech I, Rick Bowers, want to share some information I tracked down that helped me to…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Rents-Homelessness.pdf. During the February 27, 2023 Seaside City Council meeting Rick Bowers shared this information during the 3-minute public comment period. Here is the link (opens in a new window): https://www.youtube.com/live/_SBKKbMAnYg?feature=share&t=4514. 2-Minute Speech I, Rick Bowers, have spent the last 4- or 5-years reading consulting reports,…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Humanitarian-Crisis.pdf. Notes The major point here is Oregon has been trying since at least 2008 to develop plans to end homelessness. They don’t work and are short lived. But we do know how to respond to humanitarian crisis (for example communities devastated by forest fires). In…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Clatsop-PIT.pdf. During the May 8, 2023 Seaside City Council meeting Rick Bowers described this slide during the public comment period. Here is the link (opens in new window): https://www.youtube.com/live/Xr5__DSGJ3M?feature=share&t=4197. 3-Minute Public Comment Today I, Rick Bowers, would like to share some information about homelessness counts… specifically…
NPR: More older Americans become homeless as inflation rises and housing costs spike COLUMBIA FALLS, Mont. — On a recent rainy afternoon in this small town just outside Glacier National Park, Lisa Beaty and Kim Hilton were preparing to sell most of their belongings before moving out of their three-bedroom, two-bathroom rental home…. Read the…
Portland to create six large camping sites (ghettos) for those experiencing homelessness – Nov 3, 2022 Northeast Portland homeless camp tents. This photo is used with the permission of the copyright holder, Graywalls, and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Rick Bowers’ opinion. From my experience sometimes doing something, even…
A startup is using recycled plastic to 3D print prefab tiny homes with prices starting at $25,000 – August 21, 2022 Los Angeles-based startup Azure is using recycled plastic to 3D print prefab homes. The startup is now selling several models ranging from a backyard studio to a two-bedroom ADU. Azure says it can build…
Progress Report – March, 2022 Friends,Here are some updates,news items and resources from our research and outreach since our last progress report. Seaside In the News. 8-KGW News aired this segment entitled, “Seaside grapples with high rates of homelessness on the Oregon Coast.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsYmUZRJGU4 Astoria “Round Up” charity for March. Friends of the Unsheltered was…