housing first
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Supportive Housing is a Lifeline. The Public Deserves Strong Oversight of How It’s Going.

Residents at Bend’s Cleveland Commons facility say drugs and other issues are challenging their ability to stay sober and move forward with their lives
by The Source Editorial Board

A recent investigation published in the Source revealed the complications and conundrums that can come up when trying to offer stability to those for whom instability has been the norm. At the start of this year, the region’s housing authority opened the first supportive housing community east of the Cascades, aimed at providing not just […]

Posted inNews

New Year, New Villages

In 2021 Central Oregon Vet Villages became the first-of-a-kind shelter in the region; in 2022 even more will open
Avatar photo by Jack Harvel

Central Oregon Villages submitted two proposed models for a managed campsite to the City of Bend, and are the only organization to do so by the end of the City’s request for proposal period ending Dec. 9. The region saw its first village-style shelter open on November 11, 2021, when Central Oregon Veteran’s Village welcomed five veterans […]

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