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 September 5 - 11, 2022:
38 people expressed an interest in a shelter referral
30 people accepted shelter referrals
16 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 850 individuals, and a total of 353 people have used a shelter bed for at least one night.
Campsite assessment, cleanup and removal highlights
From September 5 - 11, 2022, the Impact Reduction Program:
- Received 3591 new campsite reports in which 708 were reports regarding three locations along SE Powell Blvd; including 437 reports of people living in vehicles
- Observed about 389 active campsites, accounting for duplicate reports about the same locations
- Assessed approximately 736 campsites, engaging with people living there, collecting garbage and biohazardous materials, and coordinating with service providers
- Cleaned 2 campsites, removing only identified garbage and biohazardous materials
- Removed 50campsites that posed a risk to health and safety, safely storing campers' personal property
Summary
- Shelter referrals offered: 38
- Shelter referrals accepted: 30
- Shelter beds used: 16
- Campsite reports received: 3591
- Active campsites observed: 389
- Campsite assessments: 736
- Campsites cleaned: 2
- Campsites removed: 50
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:
- MUP under N Marine Dr
- N Ida and N Kellogg
- Peninsula Crossing Trail, N Lombard-Fessenden
- N Minnesota and N Killingsworth-Emerson (2)
- I-5 NB at N Tillamook and N Flint
- Broadway Bridge at N Interstate
- N Larrabee and N Dixon-Broadway
- N Dixon and N Wheeler-Ross
- N Wheeler and N Ramsey
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- N Marine Dr bike path
- N Union Ct Dog Park
- N Victory at I-5 NB off ramp
- N Schmeer underneath I-5
- 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 Montana and N Rosa Parks
- N Alma water tank
- N Going St near N Going Ct
- N Going and N Interstate
- N Larrabee and N Hancock
Northeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- I-5 ramp to I-84 EB at NE Grand
- NE Oregon underneath Steel Bridge
- NE 1st and NE Oregon
- NE 1st and NE Lloyd
- NE Multnomah and N Williams-NE 1st
- NE 14th and NE Weidler
- I-205 SB on ramp at NE Glisan (2)
- NE 102nd and NE Weidler
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NE 7th and NE Halsey
- NE 33rd, south of NE McConnell (1)
- NE 33rd, south of NE McConnell (2)
- NE 33rd, north of NE Sunderland
- NE 33rd, north of NE Elrod
- NE 33rd, south of NE Elrod
- NE Cully and NE Lombard
- NE 82nd and NE Milton
- NE 92nd Pl-94th alley and E Burnside
- I-205 NB at E Burnside
- NE 125th and E Burnside
- I-205 SB on ramp at NE Glisan (1)
- Cross Levy
- Cross Levy East
- NE MLK at the Columbia Slough (south side)
Southeast Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- SE 8th and SE Ash-Pine
- SE 17th and SE Belmont
- SE 57th-58th and SE Duke
- SE 82nd and SE Malden
- SE 92nd and SE Caruthers
- I-205 SB from SE Holgate-Mitchell
- I-205 MUP at SE 93rd
- I-205 MUP at SE Caruthers-Division
- I-205 MUP at SE Mt Scott
- SE Mt Scott cul-de-sac
- SE 96th and SE Holgate-Pardee
- SE 146th and SE Stark
- SE 160th and SE Stark
- Parkland Park
- SE Millmain, north of SE Main
- SE 170th and SE Franklin
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- SE Grand and SE Alder
- SE 8th and SE Washington
- SE Sandy and SE Oak-Pine
- SE 20th and SE Powell-Tibbetts
- SE 22nd and SE Ankeny
- SE 30th and SE Alder
- SE 30th and SE Belmont
- SE 30th and SE Washington-Stark
- SE Waverleigh, east of SE 33rd
- SE 37th and SE Oak
- SE 37th and SE Oak-Stark
- SE 37th-38th and SE Oak
- SE 38th-39th and SE Oak
- SE 40th and SE Yamhill-Belmont
- SE 54th and SE Foster
- SE 87th, north of SE Holgate
- SwCT-SE Flavel, east of I-205
- I-205 NB at SE Powell
- I-205 NB off ramp at SE Powell
- I-205 NB/SB from SE Foster-Woodstock
- I-205 SB on ramp at SE Foster
- I-205 SB off ramp at SE Foster
- I-205 MUP at SE Stark
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone
- I-205 MUP at SE Gladstone-Boise
- SE 96th and SE Boise
- SE 97th and SE Ash
- SE 152nd and SE Foster
- SE 160th, north of SE Alder
- SwCT from SE 145th-174th (1)
- SwCT from SE 145th-174th (2)
- SE 174th near SE Circle Ave
- SE Circle and SE Jenne
- SE Tacoma and SE Tenino
Southwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- SW Naito and SW Morrison-Main
- SW Naito and SW Harvey Milk-Oak
- SW Naito and SW Taylor
- SW 1st and SW Ankeny
- SW 1st near Morrison Bridge
- SW 11th and SW Jefferson
- SW 13th and SW Salmon-Yamhill
- SW 14th, north of SW Jefferson
- SW 14th and SW Salmon-Taylor
- SW 15th and SW Salmon-Taylor
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- Marquam Bridge ramp from I-5 NB
- SW Naito and W Burnside
- SW Naito and SW Morrison
- SW 2nd and SW Yamhill
- SW 3rd and SW Oak-Pine
- Chapman Square
- SW 6th and SW Clay
- SW 9th and SW Washington-Harvey Milk
- SW 10th and SW Jefferson
- SW 11th and SW Main
- SW 13th and SW Main
- SW 13th and SW Morrison-Alder
- SW 14th and SW Yamhill-Morrison
- I-405 SB on ramp from SW Broadway
Northwest Portland
The Impact Reduction Team cleaned and removed the following sites:
- NW Naito and NW Glisan
- NW 1st and NW Couch-Davis
- NW 2nd-3rd and NW Flanders
- NW 17th and NW Raleigh (a)
- NW 19th and NW Hoyt
- NW 19th-20th and NW Glisan
- NW 21st and NW Hoyt
Based on health and safety criteria, the following locations have been posted for removal:
- NW 1st-2nd and NW Glisan
- NW 2nd and NW Couch
- NW 3rd and W Burnside-NW Couch
- NW 4th and NW Flanders-Glisan
- NW 5th and NW Glisan-Irving
- NW 6th-Broadway and NW Hoyt
- NW 8th-Broadway and NW Couch
- NW 14th-15th and NW Johnson
- NW 19th and NW Hoyt
- NW 19th-20th and NW Glisan
- NW 20th and NW Hoyt
- NW 20th and NW Thurman, underneath Hwy 30
- NW 21st and NW Marshall