
RESOURCES
Our region’s homelessness and housing crisis is decades in the making. Here are some resources on how this came to be and what current solutions are being discussed .
Housing America’s Older Adults. Joint Center For Housing Studies. 2023.
Homelessness is a housing problem. University of California Press. 2023.
A new study says the housing market is largely to blame for Portland’s homeless crisis. KGW.com. 2022.
Oregon Report: National Low Income Housing Coalition. National Low Income Housing Coalition. 2022.
What is Housing First? National Alliance to End Homelessness. 2022.
Why homelessness just hit a 15-year high, rising 12% from last year. American Inequality. 2024.
Portland Metro’s Supportive Housing Services Measure. 2020 (passed). These funds go to supportive services in the Portland Metro region such as mental health resources, addiction treatment, housing vouchers, job training and social workers.
OUR PARTNERS
The work to address homelessness cannot and will not be done alone. Here are some incredible organizations in the Portland region working to address homelessness and housing insecurity.
If you’d like to be added to the list of partners, please reach out to info@humansforhousing.org. We’d love to work with you!