2021 Oregon Homelessness PIT Estimates Unsheltered Point in Time data for 2021 is particularly problematic. “First, two CoCs [Continuum of Cares] received a waiver for the unsheltered count from HUD in 2021. These included the Rural Oregon CoC, which contains the most counties of any CoC by far (26 of 36), and Portland/Multnomah, the CoC…
Oregon doesn’t have enough treatment or housing for people with mental illness – March 16, 2023 Oregon’s system for people with profound mental illness is broken. Below, we explain the roots of two major problems and explore two promising strategies that could address these issues. PROBLEM ONE: Some people with the most serious mental illnesses…
Newsom to start California tour with homelessness proposal – March 16, 2023 SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce plans Thursday to build 1,200 small homes across the state as part of an effort to help house the nation’s largest homeless population and to address an issue that has persistently plagued the…
The Fairfield Apartments Will Cost $1,300 per Square Foot When Renovated – February 1, 2023 On Jan. 18, the Portland City Council unveiled its latest response to the city’s housing crisis: renovation of the city-owned Fairfield Apartments, an 82-unit affordable housing complex at 1103 SW Harvey Milk St. The city will sell the 1911-built structure…
2021 Implementing a Regional Housing Needs Analysis Methodology in Oregon A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Housing-Demand-OHCS.pdf. Notes In March of 2021 ECONorthwest released a technical report prepared for and with Oregon Housing and Community Services (and many others). During the 2019 legislative session Tina Kotek said “The state’s housing crisis has…
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…
April 2022 update… Move in Day! … and one year later. “Chico’s emergency non-congregate housing site began its operations Monday, opening for the first time as a result of the Warren v. Chico settlement agreement. The site, composed of 177 microshelters from the company Pallet, opened at 7:30 a.m. Monday, a long awaited service to…
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…
The 2019 Clatsop County Housing Strategies Report: Drastically Underestimates Growth! A pdf of the above image is available at https://friendsoftheunsheltered.org/wp-content/uploads/Housing-Demand.pdf. Notes It’s my understanding consultants are required to use Portland State University’s Population Research Center (PSU/PRC) forecasts for studies related to Comprehensive Plans and land use regulations. [See Oregon Law under Data Sources below.] The…
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,…