Engaged Social Housing: Sustainable Models for Housing and Clinical Services in Supportive Housing
Engaged Social Housing: Sustainable Models for Housing and Clinical Services in Supportive Housing Executive Summary Excerpt The Portland, Oregon metro region continues to face a persistent and worsening crisis of street and unsheltered homelessness fueled by: A chronic shortage of deeply affordable and permanent supportive housing (PSH). Large, core populations with high prevalence […]
Sharon Meieran’s Approach to Homelessness in Multnomah County
Sharon Meieran’s Approach to Homelessness in Multnomah County Executive Summary – Proposed Strategy, Recommendations, and Red Flags The Problem Homelessness is the biggest crisis facing Multnomah County. However, despite constant headlines, billions of dollars, and immeasurable amounts of time and energy spent on plans to “end homelessness”, meaningful goals and ways to achieve them have […]
Where Does the Money Come From?
Where Does the Money Come From? This blog is organized around the jurisdictions that provide money for shelter, housing and health services in Multnomah County. Often a source of funding moves through several governmental jurisdictions, but the implementation, in the end, is carried out by nonprofit service providers. This makes it hard to determine […]
A Plan to Address the Source of Unsheltered Homelessness
A Plan to Address the Source of Unsheltered Homelessness Presented to the Homeless Solutions Coalition by Ken Thrasher: 12/2/2024 For the last five years unsheltered homelessness has continued to grow in Portland and Multnomah County. Actions to date by the County and City have invested over $1 billion on a series of failed strategies that […]