City Shelter Services

Project

2021 - 2024

City Shelter Services (Safe Rest Villages and Temporary Alternative Shelter Sites) are an entry point for Portlanders moving from life on the streets to more stability and housing.

Featured content

City Outreach worker kneels on the street, writing in a notebook, in front of a person sitting in chair.

Request Assistance from a City Street Outreach Worker

Map indicating locations of current 9 shelters in City's shelter system

Shelter Services Data Dashboard (for period July 1, 2022 to June 30 2024)

A map of Portland with pinpoints for the locations of 10 shelter sites

Locations of City Shelters

Image of person sitting on a picnic table under a sign reading "Empathy"

Temporary Alternative Shelter Sites (TASS)

Image of Urban Alchemy staff introducing themselves to a community member

Good Neighbor Commitments

Tiny homes at Menlo Safe Rest Village

Safe Rest Villages Program Overview

Pre-opening site tour of Multnomah Safe Rest Village

Community Engagement for Safe Rest Villages

Aerial image of Reedway Safe Rest Village

Video: Why Safe Rest Villages?

Garden in Peninsula Crossing Safe Rest Village

Safe Rest Villages 2022-23 Annual Report

Pathways to Housing graphic (partial)

Pathways to Housing - How do Safe Rest Villages fit into the System?

Shelter Services Program Newsletter

Shelter Services Newsletter

Visitor reading banner at Menlo Park Safe Rest Village pre-opening event

Funding for Safe Rest Villages

Oregon Tradeswomen building Stanley Tiny Homes for Menlo Park Safe Rest Village

Background - Safe Rest Village Program

SRV bathroom

Safe Rest Village Price Agreements - Shelter Units and Service Structures

Resources and Reading (image of human head shaped bookshelf, with books filling the mind.)

Need Services? Want to Help? Resource Page

Some of the Safe Rest Village team at a site visit at Menlo Park before opening

Meet the Streets to Stability Team

Contact

Questions? Contact the City Shelter Services Team

shelterservices@portlandoregon.gov

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Joint Office of Homeless Services Photo

Joint Office of Homeless Services

Smiling man sits in driver seat of car while his dog emerges from open window of back seat.

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Portland Street Response

An outreach workers speaks with people experiencing homelessness along a sidewalk in Portland.

Impact Reduction Program

News

"My Mother's Ethical Will" - What Drives our Director

Driven by her mother's legacy of compassion and service, Brandy Westerman reflects on her transition from international humanitarian aid work to tackling Portland's homelessness crisis as the City’s Emergency Humanitarian Operations Director.

September 3, 2024 11:18 am Blog post

Photo of Brandy Westerman

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