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 Street Services Coordination Center has designated shelter beds available to those impacted by campsite removals. We offer shelter beds to as many people experiencing homelessness as possible, we estimate that we have offered shelter beds to approximately 2,000 people from April - August 2022. The data below only represents the number of people who said they were interested in a shelter referral and a call was made to determine availability.
Here is the Streets Services Coordination Center shelter referral information for August 22 - 28, 2022:
26 people expressed an interest in a shelter referral
25 people accepted shelter referrals
8 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 808 individuals, and a total of 330 people have used a shelter bed for at least one night.
Campsite assessment, cleanup and removal highlights
From August 22 - 28, 2022, the Impact Reduction Program:
- Received3695 new campsite reports in which 1118 were reports regarding three locations along SE Powell Blvd; including 461 reports of people living in vehicles
- Observed about 331 active campsites, accounting for duplicate reports about the same locations
- Assessed approximately 680 campsites, engaging with people living there, collecting garbage and biohazardous materials, and coordinating with service providers
- Cleaned 2campsites, removing only identified garbage and biohazardous materials
- Removed46campsites that posed a risk to health and safety, safely storing campers' personal property
Summary
- Shelter referrals offered: 26
- Shelter referrals accepted: 25
- Shelter beds used: 8
- Campsite reports received: 3695
- Active campsites observed: 331
- Campsite assessments: 680
- Campsites cleaned: 2
- Campsites removed: 46
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:
- N Chicago and N Syracuse
- N Concord and N Prescott
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- N Union Ct Dog Park
- MUP under N Marine Dr
- I-5 NB on ramp at N Victory
- I-5 SB on/off ramp at N Victory
- N Schmeer underneath I-5
- MUP at N Schmeer
- I-5 NB off ramp at N Lombard
- I-5 NB off ramp loop at N Lombard
- I-5 SB and N Lombard pedestrian bridge
- N Minnesota and N Killingsworth-Emerson (1)
- N Minnesota and N Killingsworth-Emerson (2)
- N Going and N Greeley
- N Going and N Interstate (2)
- N Going and N Interstate (3)
- N Going and N Interstate (4)
- N Going and N Interstate (5)
- N Alma water tank
- I-5 SB ramp at N Wheeler
- I-5 NB at N Tillamook and N Flint
Northeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- I-84 underneath NE Grand (a)
- I-205 MUP south of NE Glisan
- I-205 MUP at NE 97th and E Burnside
- NE 92nd and NE Rocky Butte
- NE 122nd and NE Prescott (1)
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NE MLK and NE Halsey
- NE Grand-6th and NE Halsey
- NE 7th and NE Halsey
- NE 13th and NE Weidler (1)
- NE 13th and Weidler (2)
- NE 14th and NE Weidler
- NE Multnomah underneath I-5
- NE Oregon underneath I-5
- NE Oregon underneath Steel Bridge
- NE 82nd and NE Milton
- NE Killingsworth and NE Cully
- NE Cully and NE Lombard
- I-84 EB on/off ramp at NE 122nd (1)
- I-84 EB on/off ramp at NE 122nd (2)
- NE 122nd and NE Prescott (3)
- NE 122nd and NE Prescott island
- NE 122nd and NE Siskiyou
- NE 122nd and NE Siskiyou field
- NE 127th and E Burnside
- I-205 SB ramp at NE Glisan
- Columbia Slough Trail at NE 138th
- Cross Levy
- Cross Levy East
- NE MLK at the Columbia Slough (south side)
- Lower Rocky Butte
Southeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- SE Water and SE Alder
- SE 8th and SE Harrison
- SE 8th and SE Yamhill
- SE 8th-9th and SE Market
- SE 9th-10th and SE Mill
- SE 9th-10th and SE Salmon
- SE 9th-10th and SE Yamhill
- SE 10th and SE Harrison
- SE 11th and SE Clay
- SE 79th and SE Powell
- I-205 NB, south of SE Holgate
- SE 97th and SE Oak (2)
- SE 120th and SE Clinton (a)
- SE 136th and SE Holgate (1)
- SE 136th and SE Holgate (2)
- SE 136th and SE Holgate (3)
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- Morrison Bridge off ramp to SE Belmont
- SE 8th and SE Ash-Pine
- SE 12th and SE Elliott
- SE Waverleigh, east of SE 33rd
- SE 37th and SE Oak
- SE 37th-Cesar Chavez and SE Oak
- SE 41st and SE Caruthers
- SE 41st and SE Division
- SE 47th and SE Powell
- SE 79th and SE Rhine
- SE 80th and SE Powell-Rhine
- SE 80th-82nd and SE Rhine
- SE 87th, north of SE Holgate
- SE 92nd and SE Caruthers
- Steele St pedestrian bridge
- SwCT at I-205 MUP-SE 92nd
- SwCT-SE Flavel, east of I-205
- I-205 SB from SE Holgate-Mitchell
- I-205 NB at SE Powell
- I-205 SB ramp from SE Woodstock
- I-205 MUP at SE 93rd
- I-205 MUP at SE Stark
- I-205 MUP at SE Caruthers-Division
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone-Boise
- I-205 MUP at SE Mt Scott
- SE Mt Scott cul-de-sac
- SE 96th and SE Lincoln
- SE 96th, south of SE Lincoln
- SE 96th and SE Boise
- SE 96th and SE Market
- SE 96th, south of SE Mill
- SE 97th and SE Ash
- SE 116th-118th and SE Foster
- E Burnside, east of SE 122nd
Southwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- SW 1st and W Burnside-SW Ankeny
- SW 1st and SW Ankeny
- SW 3rd and SW Oak-Pine
- SW 6th and SW Pine
- SW 16th and SW Taylor-Yamhill
- SW Park bridge over I-405
- S Harrison to S Harbor greenspace
- SW Naito-1st and SW Montgomery
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- SW Naito and SW Morrison-Main
- SW Naito and W Burnside-SW Ankeny
- Marquam Bridge ramp from I-5 NB
- Hwy 26 EB near SW 16th
- SW 18th at Hwy 26
- I-405 ramp to Hwy 26 WB
Northwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- NW Naito underneath Steel Bridge
- NW 1st-2nd and NW Couch
- NW 3rd and W Burnside-NW Couch
- NW 3rd and NW Everett
- NW 3rd and NW Couch-Davis
- NW 8th and NW Flanders-Glisan
- NW 14th-15th and NW Johnson
- NW 15th and NW Everett
- NW 16th and NW Lovejoy
- NW 16th-17th and NW Johnson
- NW 17th-18th and NW Hoyt
- NW 18th and NW Johnson
- NW 18th and NW Kearney
- NW 20th-21st and NW Hoyt
- NW 21st and NW Hoyt-Irving
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NW Naito and W Burnside-NW Couch
- NW 2nd and NW Flanders
- NW 3rd-4th and NW Flanders
- NW 4th and NW Davis
- NW 5th and NW Davis
- NW 6th and NW Davis
- Greyhound Station
- NW 14th-15th and NW Lovejoy
- NW 20th and NW Thurman, underneath Hwy 30