An Overview of Homeless Encampments for City Leaders From the National League of Cities: Understanding encampments for more compassionate and effective solutions Without sufficient resources to shelter and house the growing population of unhoused people, the number of encampments has grown in cities nationwide. Community responses to encampments varies and is dependent upon competing priorities…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/CA-RHNA.pdf. During the June 12, 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/8kf_jJMGCec?feature=share&t=393 3-Minute Public Comment Over the past several months I, Rick Bowers, have…
The Unsheltered in Clatsop County: The Current Slideset Each of these topics was presented as Public Comments at either the Astoria or Seaside City Council meetings or at the Clatop County Board of Commissioners meetings. Click each title below to expand (and click again to contract): Apartment Affordability in Clatsop A pdf of the above…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/The-Gap.pdf. During the May 22, 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/BMsgAfeEkyI?feature=share&t=4072. 3-Minute Public Comments Today I, Rick Bowers, would like to share some…
A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Systemic-Causes-of-Homelessness.pdf. During the March 27, 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/KYzpqfor-Kw?feature=share&t=4275. 3-Minute Public Comment In the late 1960s I, Rick Bowers, lived in Denver, Colorado. There was a…
The following talk discusses both the slide 2019 Clatsop County Housing Strategies Report and the slide 2021 Implementing a Regional Housing Needs Analysis Methodology in Oregon. Both slides are shown below the talk. 3-Minute Speech The 2019 Clatsop County Housing Strategies Report slide in front of you has a chart in the upper left showing…
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,…