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Success? Success was never the issue. Commercial real estate or business development for private hospitals? Lisa Marandas was an all-star. Lisa Marandas had more than enough game.

Harbor of Hope recently launched a GoFundMe campaign to bring two new mobile shower and laundry trucks to the metro area’s homeless. The trucks will include five private showers and 12 washers and dryers.

Portland State University analysis finds no one knows the fully extent and cost of the homeless and affordable housing crisis.

Portland developer Homer Williams is sounding the house crisis alarm – and he says baby boomers are more at risk of finding themselves without a roof over their heads.

The concept is drawn from San Francisco, where the idea is to make shelters more inviting by allowing people to bring their partners, pets and belongings to a central location where there’s ready access to services.

Homer Williams was on a business trip in San Antonio when he heard about a massive homeless shelter in that city. With three hours to spare before his plane took off, Williams visited Haven for Hope, a large homeless “campus” serving some 1,500 people on 37 acres.

Despite nationwide progress in housing homeless people, many urban and suburban areas with rapidly rising housing prices have been overwhelmed by the number of individuals and families who have been priced out of housing markets and are now living on streets, in parks, under overpasses, and along riverbanks.

Cards Cooks is an official club at Lincoln High School in Southwest Portland. Members prepare a hot dinner every Wednesday evening for the area’s homeless youth. It’s the brainchild of Lincoln junior Hank Sanders, and he’s been able to get a wide variety of student, school and community partners to make it a success.

Developer and homeless advocate Homer Williams says he is working on a three-phase plan to significantly reduce the number of people living outside, with the support of Mayor Ted Wheeler.