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Portland is in Crisis
Portland is amid the worst housing and homeless crisis in the city’s history. The region’s homeless problem has exploded in tandem with its overall growth. A public health disaster has emerged against the city’s backdrop of spiking housing prices that have made basic housing unattainable to many of our citizens.
“Given recent and predicted demographic and economic trends, homelessness will intensify without significant, sustained intervention.”– Homer Williams, founder of Oregon Harbor of Hope
This issue is testing our civic and business sector leadership, challenging our quality of life and threatening the soul of our community – a community known for accepting and taking care of one another.
Despite an unprecedented effort over the last several years and recent months to marshal more resources, expand shelter space and increase services to the homeless, our homeless crisis is deepening. Recently, there have been some significant accomplishments to curtail this crisis, but much more must be done.
- +60%
- Increase in chronic homelessness in 2015 and 2016 in Oregon
- 4,177
- Number of people found living outside, in shelters or in transitional housing in Multnomah County in 2017
- 3.9%
- Percentage of homeless students in the Oregon public school population (Oregon Deptartment of Education)
- +10%
- Increase in overall homeless between 2015 and 2017 in the city and county
Make A Difference
Your cash donation will make a critical difference in helping our community’s most vulnerable. Thank you for your generosity. 100% of your contribution is tax deductible.
Your Time and Talents are Needed
We are seeking volunteers. If you have skills, services, time or goods relevant to our mission, we can use you! You’ll be making a positive impact in our community and helping some of our most fragile citizens.
In-Kind Goods and Services
We welcome donations of new and gently used items. Please contact us if you can donate any of these much-needed items. All donations of tax deductible.