Community members,
We are pleased to provide a summary of the past week’s activity for the Streets Services Coordination Center, a collaborative team dedicated to streamlining services offered to those living outside and to expedite homelessness related cleanup efforts throughout Portland in a compassionate manner.
Our team is comprised of the Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program, Fire & Rescue, police, transportation, parks and recreation, and Multnomah County. Together we’ve taken a collective approach to remove campsites that pose the highest risk to health and safety. We coordinate our work, share information and resources, and communicate with one another on a daily basis.
Shelter referrals
Thanks to the Joint Office of Homeless Services, the Streets Services Coordination Center has designated shelter beds available to those impacted by campsite removals. We also provide transportation to shelters.
Here is the Streets Services Coordination Center shelter referral information for July 4 - 10, 2022:
29 shelter referrals were offered
29 people accepted shelter referrals
15 people used a shelter bed for at least one night
Since April 11, 2022 the Streets Services Coordination Center has offered shelter referrals to a total of 518 individuals, and a total of 213 people have used a shelter bed for at least one night.
Campsite assessment, cleanup and removal highlights
From July 4 - 10, 2022, the Impact Reduction Program:
- Received 1921 new campsite reports, including 249reports of people living in vehicles
- Observed about 292 active campsites, accounting for duplicate reports about the same locations
- Assessed approximately 535 campsites, engaging with people living there, collecting garbage and biohazardous materials, and coordinating with service providers
- Cleaned 1 campsites, removing only identified garbage and biohazardous materials
- Removed 67 campsites that posed a risk to health and safety, safely storing campers' personal property
Summary
- Shelter referrals offered: 29
- Shelter referrals accepted: 29
- Shelter beds used: 15
- Campsite reports received: 1921
- Active campsites observed: 292
- Campsite assessments: 535
- Campsites cleaned: 1
- Campsites removed: 67
See all campsite locations reported last week.
See all campsite locations reported during the last 12 weeks.
North Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- I-5 and N MLK MUP
- I-5 SB on ramp at N Lombard
- Near 3131 N Vancouver
- N Fargo and N Borthwick-Kerby
- N Minnesota and N Ainsworth-Killingsworth
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- Delta Park Dog Park (2)
- I-5 NB underneath N Flint
- I-5 SB at N Flint
- I-5 SB at N Flint (2)
- I-5 SB near N Overlook
- N Denver and N Lombard
- I-5 NB and SB , north of N Lombard
- I-5 NB on ramp at N Rosa Parks
- I-5 SB on ramp at N Rosa Parks
- N Williams and N Russell
- N Minnesota and N Killingsworth-Emerson
- I-5 SB from N Skidmore-Failing
- Peninsula Crossing Trail, N Lombard-Fessenden (1)
- Peninsula Crossing Trail, N Lombard-Fessenden (2)
- Peninsula Crossing Trail, N Lombard-Fessenden (3)
- N Decatur and N Catlin
- N Decatur and N St Louis
- N Mississippi and N Monroe
- N Mississippi and N Stanton
Northeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- NE Broadway and NE Grand-6th
- NE 6th and NE Everett
- NE 7th-8th and NE Everett
- NE 8th and NE Grand
- NE 14th and NE Halsey
- NE 14th and NE Weidler-Broadway
- NE Going and NE Grand
- NE 82nd and NE Columbia
- NE 82nd and NE Columbia loop
- NE 82nd and NE Beech
- NE 87th and NE Emerson
- Mallory Park
- I-205 MUP at E Burnside
- I-205 MUP at E Burnside-NE Glisan
- I-205 MUP north of NE Sandy (underneath railroad tracks)
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NE 8th and NE Davis
- NE 21st-22nd and NE Oregon
- NE 68th and NE Halsey
- ODOT lot at NE Glass Plant
- NE 105th cul-de-sac
- NE 105th and NE Alderwood
- NE 105th and NE Fremont access road, along I-84 WB
- I-205 NB off ramp at NE Killingsworth
- I-205/I-84 interchange
- I-205 SB near Rocky Butte
- I-205 SB, north of NE Glisan
- I-205 MUP near NE 102nd
- I-205 MUP near NE Holman
- Columbia Slough underneath NE MLK
Southeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- Eastbank Esplanade near SE Clay
- SE 1st and SE Morrison-Water
- SE 2nd and SE Morrison
- SE 7th-8th and SE Pine
- SE 8th and SE Yamhill
- SE 8th-9th and SE Market
- SE 9th and SE Taylor-Yamhill (1)
- SE 9th and SE Taylor-Yamhill (2)
- SE 9th-10th and SE Yamhill
- SE 9th-10th and SE Ash
- SE 11th and SE Alder-Washington
- SE 12th and SE Alder
- SE 17th and SE Tibbetts-Brooklyn
- SE 21st and SE Clinton
- SE 26th-27th and SE Morrison
- SE 28th and SE Stark-Washington
- SE 29th-30th and SE Morrison
- SE 82nd-85th and SE Milton
- SE 88th and SE Woodstock
- SE 94th and SE Pardee
- SE 94th and SE Foster-Woodstock
- SE 96th and SE Foster-Woodstock
- SE 96th and SE Holgate
- I-205 NB on ramp at SE Foster
- I-205 SB on ramp at SE Foster
- I-205 NB off ramp at SE Woodstock
- I-205 SB off ramp at SE Woodstock
- I-205 NB off ramp at SE Division
- I-205 at SE Harold
- I-205 MUP at SE Bush
- I-205 MUP at SE Holgate-Schiller
- I-205 MUP at SE Yamhill-Taylor
- I-205 MUP south of Powell
- SE Division St pedestrian bridge, west of SE 137th
- SE 145th and SE Clinton
- Near 835 SE 162nd
- SE 162nd and SE Division-Sherman
- SE 162nd and SE Sherman-Caruthers
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- Eastbank Esplanade near SE Madison
- SE MLK and SE Morrison
- SE 10th-11th and SE Oak
- SE 27th and SE Hawthorne
- SE 32nd and SE Hawthorne
- SE 35th-36th and SE Hawthorne
- Laurelhurst Park (1)
- Laurelhurst Park (2)
- SE 50th and SE Clay
- SE 65th-66th and SE Powell
- SE 96th and SE Yukon-Knight
- SE 96th and SE Cora
- SE 133rd and SE Mill
- SE 145th and SE Division
- I-205 NB at E Burnside
- I-205 SB at E Burnside
- I-205 NB off ramp at SE Division
- I-205 NB, north of SE Holgate
- I-205 NB, south of SE Holgate
- I-205 NB on ramp at SE Foster
- I-205 NB off ramp at SE Powell
- I-205 SB from SE Holgate-Mitchell
- I-205 MUP at SE Caruthers-Division
- I-205 MUP at SE Division-Powell
- I-205 MUP near SE 92nd and SE Tenino
- I-205 MUP at SE Holgate-Pardee
- I-205 MUP at SE Glenwood-Duke
- I-205 MUP at SE Washington-Market
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone-Boise
- Near MAX tracks south of SE Holgate
- SwCT from SE 82nd-Lambert
- SwCT at SE Lambert
- SwCT at SE Malden Ct
Southwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- SW Naito Pkwy Frontage Rd at SW Kelly
- SW 2nd and SW Ankeny-Ash
- SW 2nd and SW Morrison-Yamhill
- SW 12th and SW Montgomery
- Sunset Hwy/Hwy 26 WB tunnel underneath SW 18th
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- Morrison Bridge off ramp at SW 1st and SW Washington
- SW Naito and SW Harvey Milk
- SW 2nd and SW Oak-Pine
- SW 3rd and SW Oak-Pine
- Lownsdale Square
- Chapman Square
- SW 5th and SW Washington-Harvey Milk
- SW 13th and SW Main
- SW Water near the International School
- I-5 NB near Ross Island Bridge
- SW Park Ave bridge
Northwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- Near 1831 W Burnside
- NW 3rd and NW Everett
- NW 3rd and NW Hoyt
- NW Broadway and NW Glisan-Hoyt
- NW Station Way at NW Lovejoy St
- I-405 NB off ramp at NW 14th
- Near 1100 NW Naito
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NW Naito and W Burnside-NW Couch
- NW 1st and W Burnside
- NW 2nd-3rd and NW Glisan
- NW 3rd and NW Everett
- NW 3rd-4th and NW Flanders
- NW 4th and NW Davis
- NW 4th and NW Everett-Flanders
- NW 4th and NW Flanders-Glisan
- NW 5th and NW Davis
- Greyhound Station sidewalks
- NW 6th and NW Davis-Everett
- NW 6th and NW Hoyt-Irving
- NW 6th and NW Glisan-Irving
- NW 6th-Broadway and NW Glisan
- NW 6th-Broadway and NW Hoyt
- NW Park and NW Hoyt
- NW Park-9th and NW Couch
- NW 19th and NW Hoyt
- NW St Helens and NW Industrial
- NW Industrial, west of NW 31st