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How-To Guide For The Creation Of Villages, Todd Ferry, Greg Townley, Marisa Zapata
How-To Guide For The Creation Of Villages, Todd Ferry, Greg Townley, Marisa Zapata
Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative Publications and Presentations
This How-To Guide for the creation of alternative shelters called villages is the outcome of a multi-year study by Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative on the village model, funded by the Meyer Memorial Trust. It is one component of a larger document which and portraits of individuals involved in some aspect of villages. The six Portland-area villages included in this study were Dignity Village (2000), Hazelnut Grove (2015), Kenton Women’s Village (2017/2019), Clackamas County Veterans Village (2018), Agape Village (2019), and the St. Johns Village (2021). The work presented here relies on the direct input from those …
Village Research & How-To Guide, Todd Ferry, Greg Townley, Marisa Zapata
Village Research & How-To Guide, Todd Ferry, Greg Townley, Marisa Zapata
Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative Publications and Presentations
The village model is an increasingly popular form of alternative shelter being explored by organizations, activists, and municipalities around the country. Portland’s Dignity Village is the country’s first and longest running village, serving as a touchstone for community dialogue in Oregon around the subject of supporting people experiencing homelessness since 2000. More recently, the region has seen the rapid increase in alternative shelters informed by or following the village model, sparked by a state of emergency declaration on housing and homelessness in Portland in 2015, and further accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the model continues to grow and morph …