December 17 2020
Partnership between Portland, Multnomah County, Do Good Multnomah nonprofit and St. Johns Church to provide shelter to 19 residents.
A leafy street in St. Johns is about to get 19 new neighbors.
A coalition of local officials, faith and nonprofit leaders are racing to meet a planned January opening of Portland s newest outdoor transitional shelter St. Johns Village before the worst of winter s chill arrives. Being houseless is difficult. Nobody is really excited to live in a tent on the street, said Chris Aiosa, executive director of Do Good Multnomah, the agency that will manage the site. This is an opportunity for folks to have their own place, to have a door that locks.