Our Just Future - Housing
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| Group | Housing |
| Category | Housing |
| Name | Our Just Future |
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Description
Gateway Office in Portland 10550 NE Halsey Street Portland, OR 97220
- Rockwood Office in Gresham 124 NE 181st Ave., Suite 109 Gresham, OR 97230
- https://ourjustfuture.org/
Our Just Future (formerly known as Human Solutions) counters the forces that keep people and communities in poverty. Our Just Future partners with people and communities impacted by poverty so they can achieve long-term housing and economic security, invests in affordable housing and community assets that contribute to strong, inclusive neighborhoods, and advocates for policies and investments that expand housing and economic opportunity, eliminate wealth inequality and end poverty .
East Portland/East Multnomah County, Oregon, is the heart of their investments, advocacy and programs. Their 245-mile service area, in outer East Portland and East
Multnomah County, includes some of the highest poverty neighborhoods in Multnomah County.
Our Just Future works in partnership with Multnomah County, the Joint Office of Homeless Services and other organizations to assist people who are experiencing homelessness to find and secure affordable housing as soon as possible.
Our Just Future offers services in four interrelated areas. All services are provided with a Trauma Informed Care (TIC) approach.
Prevention Services : Our Just Future helps over 9,000 households each year avoid having their utilities shut off and remain warm and safe in their homes by providing utility assistance. They also help over 440 households remain in their homes each year through short-term emergency rent assistance.
Direct Services to Homeless Families : Our Just Future operates emergency shelter, transitional housing, “Housing First” programs, and permanent supportive housing. They move homeless families into permanent housing as quickly as possible and then offer them the supportive services necessary to stabilize their situations and overcome their homelessness.
Our Just Future operates three shelters: one for families and two for adults who identify as women, nonbinary, or genderqueer. While shelter is not designed to be a long-term solution, people may stay as long as needed if following program rules and expectations.
The
Lilac Meadows Family Shelter is accessible to families – one or more adults with at least one minor child, or individuals in their third trimester of pregnancy. They partner with 211 to screen for eligibility and coordinated intake.
The Gresham Women’s Shelter is a shelter for anyone who identifies as a woman, nonbinary, or genderqueer. This shelter is a hybrid program that works with all women, including those who have experienced domestic violence (DV). It is not a secure DV shelter but is DV-informed, and they work in conjunction with community partners offering an array of services. They partner with 211 , the Gateway Center , and Call to Safety to screen for eligibility and coordinated intake.
The Chestnut Tree Inn Shelter Located in the Hazelwood neighborhood, this social- distancing shelter opened in response to the pandemic and hosts around 60 COVID- vulnerable residents who identify as women, non-binary or gender-queer.
Employment and Economic Development Programs: Having a family wage job is essential to a family’s ability to overcome homelessness and be self-sufficient. Our Just Future operates three distinct employment and economic development programs that help 890 individuals with significant barriers to employment find family wage jobs and/or improve their job skills to increase their household incomes each year.
Affordable Housing : Our Just Future owns and operates 17 high-quality affordable housing complexes containing 720 apartments. At each property they offer Resident Services, which help families maintain housing by connecting them to quality social, educational and employment services (both within Our Just Future and in the wider community) so they can move forward in their lives.
Facilities
Our Just Future
Contacts
Contact: Office Phone: (503) 548-0200
Contact: Rockwood Office in Gresham Phone: (503) 405-7875