Project Turnkey is a program that brought 19 new shelters in 13 Oregon counties thanks to about $75 million in state funding. Oregon Community Foundation (OCF) coordinated that original push, reporting the creation of 865 new units of housing at an average cost of...

ECONorthwest estimates that the state should be building 29,000 units a year to meet demand and each year we have been falling well short of that goal. In fact, recent studies suggest we have a current deficit of 140,000 dwellings statewide. Current housing production...

Greg Wolf and Chris Carlson made a presentation at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs on Creating a New Sector to Support Public-Private-Civic Partnerships.  To see the video: ...

The first Oregon iSector Newsletter highlights the Project Turnkey success story; describes a new partnership formed to support statewide community water needs forums; and announces the beginning of an assessment for a possible statewide housing innovation...

The program launched last year and administered by the Oregon Community Foundation is finally realizing its full potential, adding more than 900 units of emergency shelter to the state’s capacity in 19 projects across 13 counties. For the full story:

Lawmakers OK money for motel conversions…. June 17, 2021 Oregon House Bill 2004, passed in the Senate 23-5, and adds $9.7 million to the $65 million previously allocated …to enable the Oregon Community Foundation to fund four more conversions of motels into shelters...

Oregon’s Turnkey Project Oregon House Approves $9.7 Million for Emergency Shelter Units House Bill 2004′s approval could provide an additional 132 units for unhoused people and wildfire survivors through Project Turnkey. OPB News June 10, 2021

Hotels for those Unhoused by Fires, High Country News, June 3, 2021

New Shelter to Utilize Coalition of Nonprofits to Aid Homeless Community with 75 New Rooms