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 11 - 17, 2022:
42 shelter referrals were offered
41 people accepted shelter referrals
23 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 560 individuals, and a total of 236 people have used a shelter bed for at least one night.
Campsite assessment, cleanup and removal highlights
From July 11 - 17, 2022, the Impact Reduction Program:
- Received 1650 new campsite reports, including 186 reports of people living in vehicles
- Observed about 340 active campsites, accounting for duplicate reports about the same locations
- Assessed approximately 668 campsites, engaging with people living there, collecting garbage and biohazardous materials, and coordinating with service providers
- Cleaned 8 campsites, removing only identified garbage and biohazardous materials
- Removed 60 campsites that posed a risk to health and safety, safely storing campers' personal property
Summary
- Shelter referrals offered: 42
- Shelter referrals accepted: 41
- Shelter beds used: 23
- Campsite reports received: 1650
- Active campsites observed: 340
- Campsite assessments: 668
- Campsites cleaned: 8
- Campsites removed: 60
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 NB and SB , north of N Lombard
- I-5 SB from N Skidmore-Failing
- I-5 SB off ramp at N Rosa Parks
- I-5 SB near N Overlook
- 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
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
- N Denver and N Lombard
- I-5 NB on ramp at N Rosa Parks
- N Williams and N Russell
- N Minnesota and N Killingsworth-Emerson
- N Richmond and N Crawford (1)
- N Richmond and N Crawford (2)
- N Richmond and N Crawford (3)
- Peninsula Crossing Trail, N Fessenden-Columbia (1)
- Peninsula Crossing Trail, N Fessenden-Columbia (2)
- Peninsula Crossing Trail, N Fessenden-Columbia (3)
Northeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- NE 8th and NE Davis
- NE 21st-22nd and NE Oregon
- NE 105th cul-de-sac
- NE 105th and NE Alderwood
- I-205 MUP near NE Holman
- I-205 SB, north of NE Glisan
- I-205 SB near Rocky Butte
- I-205/I-84 interchange
- NE 105th and NE Fremont access road, along I-84 WB
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NE 6th and NE Everett
- NE 8th-9th and NE Everett
- NE 10th and NE Glisan
- NE 14th and NE Weidler
- NE 68th and NE Halsey
- NE 125th and E Burnside
- NE 127th and E Burnside
- ODOT lot at NE Glass Plant
- I-205 NB off ramp at NE Killingsworth
- I-205 MUP, north of NE Sandy
- I-205 MUP near NE 102nd (1)
- I-205 MUP near NE 102nd (2)
- Columbia Slough underneath NE MLK
Southeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- SE MLK and SE Morrison
- SE 27th and SE Hawthorne
- SE 32nd and SE Hawthorne
- Laurelhurst Park (1)
- Laurelhurst Park (2)
- SE 50th and SE Clay
- SE 96th and SE Cora
- SE 133rd and SE Mill
- 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 MUP at SE Division-Powell
- SE Division St pedestrian bridge, west of SE 137th
- Near MAX tracks south of SE Holgate
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- Eastbank Esplanade near SE Madison
- SE Alder, east of SE Water
- SE Belmont, east of SE Water
- SE 2nd and SE Belmont
- SE 3rd and SE Alder
- Near 234 SE 7th
- SE 9th and SE Taggart-Tilikum
- SE 10th-11th and SE Oak
- SE 21st and SE Powell
- SE 25th and SE Raymond-Schiller
- SE 33rd and SE Powell
- SE Powell, east of SE 33rd
- Near 3520 SE Powell
- SE 35th-36th and SE Hawthorne
- SE 65th-66th and SE Powell
- SE 67th and SE Center
- SE 82nd and SE Lafayette
- SE 96th and SE Yukon-Knight
- SE 145th and SE Division (1)
- SE 145th and SE Division (2)
- I-205 SB from SE Holgate-Mitchell
- I-205 MUP at SE Caruthers-Division
- I-205 MUP near SE 92nd and SE Tenino
- I-205 MUP at SE Glenwood-Duke
- I-205 MUP at SE Washington-Market
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone-Boise
- 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 and SW Harvey Milk
- SW Naito-1st and SW Taylor
- SW 1st and SW Morrison
- SW 3rd and SW Oak-Pine
- Lownsdale Square
- Chapman Square
- SW 5th and SW Washington-Harvey Milk
- SW Water near the International School
- SW Park Ave bridge
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 Yamhill
- SW Naito and SW Harvey Milk-Morrison
- SW 1st and SW Ankeny
- SW 1st and SW Ash
- SW 1st and SW Harvey Milk
- SW 1st and SW Main
- SW 2nd and SW Oak-Pine
- SW 4th and SW Washington
- SW 6th -Broadway and SW Pine
- SW Park and SW Oak
- SW 12th and SW Jefferson
- SW 12th and SW Yamhill
- SW 13th and SW Salmon-Taylor
- SW 13th and SW Main
- I-5 NB near Ross Island Bridge
- S Harrison and S Harbor
- SW Naito-1st and I-405 NB
- SW 1st along I-405 NB (north side)
Northwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- 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-5th and NW Everett
- Greyhound Station sidewalks
- NW 6th and NW Glisan-Irving
- NW 6th-Broadway and NW Glisan
- NW 6th-Broadway and NW Hoyt
- NW Park-9th and NW Couch
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NW 1st-2nd and NW Couch
- NW 3rd and NW Everett
- NW 3rd-4th and NW Flanders
- NW 4th and NW Davis
- NW 4th and NW Flanders-Glisan
- NW 5th and NW Davis
- Greyhound Station sidewalks
- NW 6th and NW Davis-Everett
- NW Broadway and NW Couch-Davis
- NW Park and NW Hoyt
- NW Station Way and NW Marshall
- NW Station way and NW Lovejoy
- NW 18th and NW Thurman
- NW 19th and NW Hoyt
- NW 19th and NW Savier
- NW 20th and NW Thurman, underneath Hwy 30
- NW 20th-21st bike path, underneath I-405
- NW 21st and NW Reed
- NW St Helens and NW Industrial
- NW Industrial, west of NW 31st