Portland Church Will Open Housing Village
Portland Church Will Open Housing Village Church Life By Lauren Anderson-Cripps March 10, 2025 In a city with a shortage of emergency shelter and supportive housing, a formerly underutilized parking lot at a North Portland Episcopal church will soon offer alternative shelter for its unhoused neighbors. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is now home to a […]
New North Portland village to offer transitional shelter for up to 10 individuals
by Sana Aljobory LINK: https://katu.com/news/local/north-portland-prepares-to-welcome-new-transitional-housing-village Sat, March 8th 2025 at 5:21 PM NORTH PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — North Portland is set to welcome a new community as WeShine, in partnership with St. Andrews Episcopal Church, launches its third village to support individuals experiencing homelessness. The village will feature 10 sleeping pods, accommodating up to 10 adults. […]
We Shine opens 3rd micro-village in Portland
Multnomah County We Shine opens 3rd micro-village in Portland by: Tim Steele Posted: Mar 8, 2025 / 04:11 PM PST Updated: Mar 8, 2025 / 05:42 PM PST St. Andrew’s Village set to open in Spring PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A micro-village that provides safe, transitional shelter for homeless adults was opened Saturday in Portland […]
Avalon Village: New Portland shelter empowers its residents through self-governance
PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — On Saturday, the public was introduced to the Avalon Village Community in southeast Portland. https://katu.com/news/local/avalon-village-new-portland-shelter-empowers-its-residents-through-self-governance-multnomah-county-oregon The new shelter was brought together by the organization We Shine. Their mission is to provide safe and accessible transitional shelters for Portland’s unhoused. We Shine says this project has been in the works for two […]
Jan McManus of We Shine on tiny villages for underserved communities
https://kboo.fm/media/120557-jan-mcmanus-we-shine-tiny-villages-underserved-communities Hosted by: Lisa Loving Produced by: KBOO Program:: Keeping It Real, with Lisa Loving Air date: Thu, 03/14/2024 – 8:00am to 9:00am Our guest is Jan McManus from We Shine. They are a grassroots nonprofit of neighbors from north, northeast and southeast working together to help find better solutions for people experiencing houselessness in […]
Portland area needs more LGBTQ+ homeless shelters, report finds
https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2024/01/portland-area-needs-more-lgbtq-homeless-shelters-report-finds.html By Nicole Hayden | The Oregonian/OregonLive Multnomah County needs more LGBTQ+ homeless shelters and housing services, according to a report released Monday that was commissioned by the county-city Joint Office of Homeless Services. The report, written by a group of Portland area organizations that support the LGBTQ+ community, found that there aren’t enough culturally specific […]
New Report Highlights Major Gaps in Portland Region’s Shelter, Housing, and Services for LGBTQ+ Residents
https://www.portlandmercury.com/news/2024/01/29/47007138/new-report-highlights-major-gaps-in-portland-regions-shelter-housing-and-services-for-lgbtq-residents A new houselessness policy paper reveals gaps in services and support for Multnomah County’s housing-insecure LGBTQ+ residents. Portland has few resources for transgender, nonbinary, and other queer people facing homelessness, despite it being a city many people flee to from states with transphobic and homophobic policies. A paper commissioned by the Joint Office of Homeless Services […]
Two sites chosen for micro-villages
https://star-news.info/uploads/1/4/3/8/143872840/star_january_2024_for_mary_ann.pdf By Janet Goetze janetgoetze@star-news.info A new micro-village for houseless people is planned on land owned by a North Portland church and another on Southeast Portland property owned by the Portland Bureau of Transportation, according to WeShine PDX, a nonprofit corporation. One village expected to open later this year will be at North Hereford Avenue […]
Construction to Begin on SE Division St. Micro-Village
https://www.southeastexaminer.com/2023/12/construction-to-begin-on-se-division-st-micro-village/ December 29, 2023 By Marshall Hammond A new kind of housing development aimed at serving the most vulnerable members of Portland’s houseless population is scheduled to break ground on city-owned land at SE 19th Ave. and SE Division St. in January. The project, called Avalon, will be a fenced-in “micro-village” consisting of 10 small […]
Punching Above Their Weight: Tiny Homes Provide some Big Opportunities
https://www.klcc.org/podcast/oregon-on-the-record/2023-11-10/punching-above-their-weight-tiny-homes-provide-some-big-opportunities Oregon On The Record Punching Above Their Weight: Tiny Homes Provide some Big Opportunities By Michael Dunne Published November 10, 2023 at 3:00 PM PST LISTEN • 48:38 Karen Richards/KLCC Construction on a tiny home in Eugene It’s one of Oregon’s biggest problems: lack of affordable housing and overall homelessness. And according to state data, Oregon […]
