Guests: Dede Hazzard and Raleigh Kirschman, both with the Union Gospel Mission Men's Shelter.
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| Slide from Calvin's Presentation |
Links to a white paper and the long form of the presentation are posted on the May 13 Agenda. Emily Reiman said she had experience working with the CoCs to the north (Clackamas County) and south (Lane County) and agreed to share a few remarks about her experience at the June meeting.
The members present agreed to provide a letter supporting the establishment of a local CoC. See here.
Alison McIntosh with Neighborhood Partnerships/Oregon Housing Alliance provided a legislative update and answered questions. The last revenue forecast is due out soon, at which point lawmakers will know what they have to work with. The Governor wants $20.5M in General Fund dollars for homeless families and $50M for permanent supportive housing. HB 2802 would provide aging-in-place resources.
Jimmy Jones offered remarks on permanent supportive housing (PSH) models generally (scattered site versus congregate) and his experience with Lincoln Place, a permanent supportive housing project developed by a partnership between Share, the Council for the Homeless, the Vancouver Housing Authority (vouchers) and Key Property Services. Among the lessons learned was the importance of putting the right people next to the right people and designing for people with a heightened/extreme sense of danger, despite its effects being difficult to anticipate. Asked how the project dealt with vouchers' clean/sober requirement, Jimmy indicated it was liberally interpreted not to be a barrier. He said he's working to get 50 of the 500 PSH units the Governor is asking for, but feels the legislature "isn't taking [the need for PSH] seriously."
Pamala Garrick and Christie Hughes agreed to present on three other congregate permanent supportive housing developments at the June meeting. William Strawter asked to present in June on his project to explore the feasibility of developing low income housing using a private enterprise, for-profit tiny-house village model. For a history of such efforts in Salem, see "Sanctioned Camping."
The members present agreed they wanted to continue meeting during the summer, to have a legislative debrief at the July meeting, and thereafter to pursue the plan reviews discussed at the February meeting (see Plans tab above).
