🙌 Portland is making significant progress in addressing homelessness, but it's not through sweeps or mass sheltering. @DrMarisaZapata1 talks about what is working in her opinion piece in the The Oregonian about Metro Supportive Housing Services funds 1/

A thoughtful look at the complexity of homelessness and inhumanity of sweeping camps w/out a plan for where people will live, thx to the amazing Alex Zielinski 3000ChallengePDX portlandmercury.com/news/2022/07/1…

Current mood #summertime

In the Portland metro area, the housing wage for a 2-bedroom apartment is now over $33/hour nlihc.org/oor/state/or

I knew it! That hazy amber light is back

Thanks for the clarity!

The housing and homelessness plan from Jessica Vega Pederson is the most thought out and feasible

A far better solution is 3000ChallengePDX. Use tax dollars to move people into housing. Shelters are expensive, and what happens if folks don't go? Arrest them? And, by this logic, should we not defund police because of rising crime? oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/0…

While the editorial board still doesn’t get it about shelters, they got this right. ⁦Jessica Vega Pederson⁩ has the best plan on homelessness/housing. Hint: it’s more than shelters oregonlive.com/opinion/2022/1…

Half of all renters in Portland qualify for housing assistance. Let that sink in for a moment. oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2022/08/02/rec…

Once again, the 3000ChallengePDX offers a more-cost effective and humane solution. wweek.com/news/city/2022…

Get the need 4 action. And there R elements like new housing that make sense. But let's enact strategies (like 3000ChallengePDX) BEFORE we start talking about banning camping. This just creates so much more trauma for people living outside. oregonlive.com/politics/2022/…

More good evidence that housing first works 3000ChallengePDX and part of how Multnomah County, OR helped place 4500 people in housing in past year oregonlive.com/portland/2022/…

Voters want action BUT they also expect and deserve coordination between jurisdictions & service providers. "I would really like for folks to engage experts." portlandmercury.com/Housing/2022/1…

Elliott Young elliottyoung dot bsky dot social KGW News Reminder that many of these so-called experts put in front of the Mayor and Comm Ryan a humane and cost-effective way to address the suffering on the streets - a proposal that was mostly ignored. #tenantsnottents 3000challengepdx.org/what-is-the-30…

Steep in’ out for #Juneteenth2023 with Impact NW and Wormhole

Hey, Transamerica, maybe you should allow your customers to opt-in to your sharing our data with "affiliates" rather than require a cumbersome process to opt-out. Paying for insurance, not spam

Had to go all the way to Edinburgh to see my former Portland Parks Board buddy, KendallClawson

Hey, NBA, this flopping technical experiment is a flop.