“Scrappy Flock of Sheep, The Cost of Loving Your Neighbor.”
On the days I make my way to Parkrose Community UCC – where I’m the intentional interim pastor, I pass the Parkrose micro-village on our church campus. I have an urge to pinch myself as I pull into the church parking lot. I do this to make sure that the amazement of having a micro village […]
New tiny-home village in NE Portland offers low-barrier housing for homeless people
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/parkrose-tiny-home-homeless-shelter-northeast-portland/283-45c0a1df-756e-42c3-ae63-b89031cac7a1 The micro-village is on private church property which the nonprofit WeShine leases for $1,200 a month. PORTLAND, Ore. — Construction crews recently put the finishing touches on a new tiny-home village for those experiencing homelessness that opened in Northeast Portland last week. The Parkrose Community Village is run by a nonprofit called WeShine and takes a slightly different approach […]
WeShine nonprofit opens its first micro-village in Portland
Broadcast: Friday, Aug. 26 https://www.opb.org/article/2022/08/26/weshine-nonprofit-opens-its-first-micro-village-in-portland/ By Allison Frost (OPB) If you want to know about the nonprofit behind the city’s newest micro-village, you just need to look at the letters in its name. WeShine stands for Welcoming, Empowering, Safe Habitation Initiative with Neighborhood Engagement. People are starting to move into its Parkrose Community Village in Northeast Portland, where they’ll […]
A New Tiny-Home Village for the Houseless Is Opening Soon in Portland
But it’s not run by the city. https://www.pdxmonthly.com/news-and-city-life/2022/08/tiny-home-village-houseless-homeless-portland By Julia Silverman August 15, 2022 Jan McManus and a staff member talk at the new WeShine Village, a few weeks before residents are due to move in.IMAGE: JULIA SILVERMAN Getting Portland’s six Safe Rest Villages—intended to provide secure sleeping pods and communal support services for formerly houseless people—up and running […]
UCC churches in North Carolina and Oregon use land to settle houseless neighbors
UCC churches in North Carolina and Oregon use land to settle houseless neighbors
Portland community group debuts its answer to the homeless crisis
https://katu.com/news/local/portland-community-group-debuts-its-answer-to-the-homeless-crisis-oregon by France Lin and KATU Staff Sunday, August 7th 2022 PORTLAND, Ore — A community village for homeless people is in its final stages and today we got a look. A local nonprofit built “tiny homes” on church property, the Parkrose Community United Church of Christ, on Northeast Halsey. Today the community village had its soft […]
Some of Portland’s homeless villages struggle to reach full capacity. Here’s why
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/portlands-homeless-shelters-arent-always-at-capacity/283-1b3dcb88-6742-45ba-9111-98eb2f76b17d The number of people living on the streets far exceeds shelter bed capacity, yet some homeless villages consistently have empty beds. Author: Blair BestPublished: 6:59 PM PDT August 1, 2022Updated: 7:23 PM PDT August 1, 2022 PORTLAND, Ore. — Thousands of people live on the streets of Portland, yet some of the city’s homeless villages consistently […]
Readers respond: Give pod shelters a chance
https://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/07/readers-respond-give-pod-shelters-a-chance.html Published: Jul. 27, 2022, 6:00 a.m. By Letters to the editor | The Oregonian The good folks of Hazelwood deserve a thank you. The scrappy little nonprofit We Shine is building a small pod of transitional cabins for homeless people in the neighborhood, on a lot next to a church parking lot. I am one of the volunteers […]
Tiny House Village by Nonprofit in Southeast Portland Receives Familiar Pushback: Anywhere but Here; Willamette Week July 15, 2022
https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2022/07/15/tiny-house-village-by-nonprofit-in-southeast-portland-receives-familiar-pushback-anywhere-but-here/ Nearly 1,000 neighbors sent a letter to Commissioner Dan Ryan, asking that he have “direct involvement” in negotiating with the nonprofit that’s building the village. By Sophie Peel July 15, 2022 at 7:07 am PDT A tiny home village slated to open soon in East Portland is receiving what is now familiar opposition from neighbors […]
‘Micro-village’ opening in Northeast Portland draws backlash from business owners
https://www.kgw.com/article/news/local/homeless/new-approach-housing-homeless-faces-backlash/283-555c6fc6-b3b4-43f5-b07d-0d561c579213 A Portland nonprofit is looking to private landowners for spaces to build small homeless villages. Its first one is expected to open next month. Author: Blair BestPublished: 7:23 PM PDT June 27, 2022Updated: 2:16 PM PDT June 28, 2022 PORTLAND, Ore. — As Safe Rest Villages open across the city, a Portland nonprofit is taking a different approach to […]
