Joint Office of Homeless Services

Methamphetamine overdoses on the rise; while homicide takes the lives of 10

Building design, pre-construction, programming is underway for project slated to open in 2021

With funding in place for nine new developments and wraparound services — including contributions from the Joint Office, regional tourism taxes and the sale of Wapato — every bond goal has been met.

With a built-in health clinic and commercial kitchen — and a focus on one-on-one engagement — the Laurelwood Center won’t just offer guests a shelter bed. It will offer them a path back to housing.

The 100-bed shelter, built with private-sector donations, will operate with Joint Office funding. Its case management model will help people experiencing chronic homelessness return to housing.

The County and its partners help thousands of households avoid the streets with rent assistance. But without new revenue, or an infusion from the federal government, rent hikes threaten those gains.

After unanimous votes this month by the Board of Commissioners and the Portland City Council, dozens of deeply affordable, family-size apartments will soon rise on a large North Portland lot.

Board of Commissioners unanimously OKs a purchase and sale agreement, starts 60 days of due diligence; Southwest Park Street site rises to the top for potential resource center with peer-led services

A candlelit walk and vigil on Winter Solstice honors those who live and die on area streets.

Gov. Brown toured the shelter — the only one east of César E. Chávez Boulevard just for women — to highlight the record level of homelessness and housing investments in her proposed budget.

To learn how and where to donate crucial life-saving winter gear — or to train as a volunteer during a severe-weather warming center — go to 211info.org/donations.

Methamphetamine overdoses on the rise; five died of hypothermia during January storm

The County will spend $4 million helping the Portland Housing Bureau purchase and renovate the Westwind Apartments —creating supportive housing downtown to help with chronic homelessness.

Overall, more than 35,000 people received some level of housing and wraparound services last year, including nearly 6,000 who were helped off the streets into permanent housing.

The Portland Housing Bureau, the Joint Office of Homeless Services, Multnomah County Mental Health & Addiction Services and Oregon Housing and Community Services are offering $12 million.

A winter shelter in the Mead Building has remained open. In addition, a shelter will open in mid-June at the Department of Community Justice East Campus.

Implementation committee to focus on six proposals for regional partnerships

SPARC's work in Multnomah County will include data analysis and training sessions, but rely intensely on focus groups and interviews with people of color who have lived experience with homelessness.

Multnomah County, Central City Concern team up on transitional housing for people leaving Unity, other psychiatric inpatient programs

Multnomah County suspended operations at the Human Solutions Family Center on Wednesday night, in response to concerns that damage from a leaking roof might threaten the building’s safety.

The County will operate the transitional housing at least five years in partnership with Central City Concern.

The Home for the Holidays campaign helped 42 families out of shelter and into permanent housing from Nov. 15, 2017, to Jan. 15, 2018. That's more than the goal of 40 families set when it launched.

The shelter, operated by Portland Homeless Family Solutions, will provide nighttime accommodations for up to 75 children and their parents from 6 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily through April 30, 2018.

Home Forward, the public housing authority serving Multnomah County, could lose close to $200 million in funding that would affect close to 1,800 units.

The 5th Avenue Shelter, at 421 SW 5th Ave., will provide accommodations for up to 75 men, with priority for veterans, people 55 and older, and those with disabilities.

Leaders in Portland, Multnomah County are asking the community to go to 211info.org right now, before a storm hits, to learn how to volunteer at a warming center or donate winter gear

Nearly 4,900 people obtained housing in fiscal year 2017 -- hundreds more than the goals partners in A Home for Everyone set before the year began.

This year's count of people sleeping without shelter is down nearly 12 percent, including key reductions for populations whose numbers spiked in 2015: women, African Americans and veterans.

Community event celebrates opening of Kenton Women's Village, a unique collaboration that provides shelter, services and a self-governing community for women experiencing homelessness.

An agreement with Central Eastside development firms extends the life of the Columbia Shelter downtown & shows the power of private-public partnership when it comes to providing safety off the streets

The East County Caring Community discusses "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City,” this year's Everybody Reads pick by the Multnomah County Library. Some say they could've written it.

The letter highlights resources available to tenants who are struggling with lost wages because of winter weather and calls upon landlords to work with tenants who may be struggling to pay rent.

After one of the most severe winter storms in decades, two Portland businesses have joined with the City of Portland and Multnomah County to reopen a winter shelter Tuesday.

The Willamette Center, 5120 S.E. Milwaukie Ave, will serve up to 120 people, including women and 45 couples. It is the largest couples shelter in the area.

Later this month, the Joint Office of Homeless Services will open a new 24-hour shelter at the location of former Sheriff’s Office.