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Report #8: Unified Leadership: Prerequisite for a Successful Homeless Policy
Report 8
Report #8: Unified Leadership: Prerequisite for a Successful Homeless Policy
Report 8

In our latest report, we examine how the division of power between the City, County, Metro, and the State has created a landscape of "incoherence in strategy and duplication of effort." From the "absurd" waste of the County handing out tents while the City sweeps them, to a chaotic shelter system with no centralized database, the lack of unified leadership is failing both the unhoused and the taxpayers.

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Engaged Social Housing: Sustainable Models for Housing and Clinical Services in Supportive Housing
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Engaged Social Housing: Sustainable Models for Housing and Clinical Services in Supportive Housing
Blog 4

This white paper describes and advocates for Engaged Social Housing, a reimagined service model that integrates housing resources and behavioral health services with an expectation of service engagement. This approach restores housing and treatment as interdependent elements of client recovery and stability for those with high acuity behavioral health needs. Our region's truth is that the practice of Housing First without ready access to the appropriate behavioral health services is failing our sickest, most vulnerable people.

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Mission Statement

Portland Voice is addressed to taxpayers, citizens, and elected officials in Portland and Multnomah County.

We provide data-driven analyses of homelessness to promote effective and cost-efficient approaches to ending homelessness in the city and county.

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Our Beliefs

Outreach

The journey begins because of outreach. People in the streets gaining trust, informing, and connecting people with services is critical to helping people change their situation for the better.

Treament

Many of the people experiencing homelessness are also experiencing serious medical and mental health conditions that prevent them from pursuing help or making progress toward recovery.

Housing

Life outside is hard and unforgiving. Every person deserves to sleep in safety and comfort in at least a temporary shelter or, as soon as possible, transitional supportive housing and eventually a permanent home.

Our Principles