They actually said yes to the village project on the surplus land and I am still trying to process that this is real life after so many meetings where no one seemed to listen. You all are the reason the city finally acknowledged that our neighbors deserve to stay in …
May 28, 2020
Final supporters
We the undersigned wish for the City to designate City Surplus properties to be used for self managed Tiny House Villages in St Johns and in the city of Portland. We are supporters of the St Johns Houseless Community. We are housed, or unhoused and We agree with Commissioner JoAnn Hardesty that we need to act differently since we have been in a Homeless state of Emergency since before 2015. Portland declared a state of emergency years ago but has failed to use it very much. We wish to house all unhoused neighbors in the Villages in their own neighborhoods as is possible with the availability of land for this purpose. We believe relocating out of our current neighborhood is further traumatizing to our Houseless Communities. We would benefit from sanctioned Parking spaces designated for those of us who live in our vehicles with access to sanitation, water, showers and laundry.
We would benefit from Shelter, water, social services, and sanitation; in a self managed Village. We are your neighbors, we are workers we live vote and spend money in St Johns. We are Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, some of us were born and raised here, some of us moved here from out of state. We would like this opportunity to transition to stable, supported permanent housing. We see this as one path to that goal.
Further we believe that all surplus lands in the state of Oregon should be used to shelter the states houseless population since Governor Kate Brown has proposed declaring a homeless state of Emergency statewide.
Updates
March 2, 2020
I have been spending hours staring at these empty city plots while walking around the neighborhood and honestly it is just maddening that they sit there while people are still sleeping in tents right down the street. I am trying to get a coffee with someone from the planning office to see why they keep dragging their feet on this but so far my emails are just going into the void.
March 2, 2020
I honestly never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it makes me think maybe people actually do care about keeping our neighbors in St Johns where they belong. The feedback in the comments section has been blowing my mind and honestly I have been reading them while drinking coffee at my kitchen table for way too long this morning because it just feels like we are finally starting to turn a corner together.
Reached 100 supporters
March 2, 2020
132 Comments
While houseless people deserve regular sized homes just like everyone else, this is a stop-gap measure that will allow houseless people to get out of the elements, maintain more sanitary conditions during the pandemic and beyond, and protect folks from being swept.
Using available land, and putting very affordable tiny houses on it is by far more cost effective than constant sweeps. Spending millions to place boulders to prevent camps makes no sense when there are such pragmatic options.
I'm a housed neighbor in King neighborhood, where I've lived with my family for 4 years. We would like to see a sustainable temporary solution to the housing crisis here. The villages option will increase safety for houseless neighbors and housed as well. It's an affordable option with dignity.
Also designate “ Surplus properties” - When attempting to relocate Hazelnut Grove- looked at 400 plus properties and only found Roberts piece in St John’s that Metro or city willing to use .
Please use surplus city property. There’s no reason to be paying Saint Johns community Church thousands of dollars every month to use their property. It’s a total total waste of our taxpayers dollars.
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They actually said yes to the village project on the surplus land and I am still trying to process that this is real life after so many meetings where no one seemed to listen. You all are the reason the city finally acknowledged that our neighbors deserve to stay in …
May 28, 2020
Final supporters
We the undersigned wish for the City to designate City Surplus properties to be used for self managed Tiny House Villages in St Johns and in the city of Portland. We are supporters of the St Johns Houseless Community. We are housed, or unhoused and We agree with Commissioner JoAnn Hardesty that we need to act differently since we have been in a Homeless state of Emergency since before 2015. Portland declared a state of emergency years ago but has failed to use it very much. We wish to house all unhoused neighbors in the Villages in their own neighborhoods as is possible with the availability of land for this purpose. We believe relocating out of our current neighborhood is further traumatizing to our Houseless Communities. We would benefit from sanctioned Parking spaces designated for those of us who live in our vehicles with access to sanitation, water, showers and laundry.
We would benefit from Shelter, water, social services, and sanitation; in a self managed Village. We are your neighbors, we are workers we live vote and spend money in St Johns. We are Mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, some of us were born and raised here, some of us moved here from out of state. We would like this opportunity to transition to stable, supported permanent housing. We see this as one path to that goal.
Further we believe that all surplus lands in the state of Oregon should be used to shelter the states houseless population since Governor Kate Brown has proposed declaring a homeless state of Emergency statewide.
Updates
March 2, 2020
I have been spending hours staring at these empty city plots while walking around the neighborhood and honestly it is just maddening that they sit there while people are still sleeping in tents right down the street. I am trying to get a coffee with someone from the planning office to see why they keep dragging their feet on this but so far my emails are just going into the void.
March 2, 2020
I honestly never thought this would gain this much steam but here we are and it makes me think maybe people actually do care about keeping our neighbors in St Johns where they belong. The feedback in the comments section has been blowing my mind and honestly I have been reading them while drinking coffee at my kitchen table for way too long this morning because it just feels like we are finally starting to turn a corner together.
Reached 100 supporters
March 2, 2020
132 Comments
Yowza! These tiny homes are just sitting around, empty? After visiting a Camp RATT in Austin TX, I can assure you, there is a faction of the unhoused population perfectly capable of managing a community, responsibly.
While houseless people deserve regular sized homes just like everyone else, this is a stop-gap measure that will allow houseless people to get out of the elements, maintain more sanitary conditions during the pandemic and beyond, and protect folks from being swept.
Using available land, and putting very affordable tiny houses on it is by far more cost effective than constant sweeps. Spending millions to place boulders to prevent camps makes no sense when there are such pragmatic options.
I'm a housed neighbor in King neighborhood, where I've lived with my family for 4 years. We would like to see a sustainable temporary solution to the housing crisis here. The villages option will increase safety for houseless neighbors and housed as well. It's an affordable option with dignity.
Also designate “ Surplus properties” - When attempting to relocate Hazelnut Grove- looked at 400 plus properties and only found Roberts piece in St John’s that Metro or city willing to use .
Please use surplus city property. There’s no reason to be paying Saint Johns community Church thousands of dollars every month to use their property. It’s a total total waste of our taxpayers dollars.
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Yowza! These tiny homes are just sitting around, empty? After visiting a Camp RATT in Austin TX, I can assure you, there is a faction of the unhoused population perfectly capable of managing a community, responsibly.