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People's Housing Project

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People's Housing Project

Founded in April 2021 by housed activists and members of the houseless community.

Permanently closed.

We are a grassroots organization building emergency transitional housing with support services to help our houseless community members self-organize for permanent housing.

06/02/2022

Come see us tonight at ! We’ll be out talking to people, meeting community members, and having a good time with great art.

06/01/2022

Tonight’s read: Thoughts on "The Homeless Problem" presented by co-founder Bryan Kim

"We do not come up with the right answers to our problem because we seldom ask ourselves the right question. There is no Negro problem in America; there has never been a Negro problem in America -- the problem of race in America is a white problem. To understand that problem and to control it, we must address ourselves to the fears and frailties of white people. We learn nothing from a study of Harlem. To understand Harlem, we must go not to Harlem but to the conscience of "good white people"; we must not ask what is Harlem, but what have you made of Harlem? Why did you create it and why do you need it?" -- Lerone Bennett, Confrontation: Black and White (1966)

Analogously: There is no "homeless problem" in Portland; there has never been a homeless problem in Portland -- the problem of housing in Portland is a housed problem. We learn nothing from a study of "the homeless." To understand the houseless, we must go not to them, but to the conscience of the "good white liberals"; we must not ask what is homelessness, but what have you made of the homeless? Why did you create them and why do you need them?

05/28/2022

This week —>
Sunday, May 29th at noon is our weekly clean-up at JBL.
Monday, May 30th at 6:30pm (pst) we’ll have our weekly volunteer info session. Held on Zoom.
Thursday, June 2nd we are hosting another Community Education event via Zoom. This week the topic is “Meet PHP” and we will be doing a deep dive into our operations, showing you how we do the work and how you can too.
More information for all events can be found on our Meetup group (you know where to look 🤗). We hope to see you there!

05/27/2022

Just a reminder that all of our education events are recorded and posted on YouTube! If you can’t make it live on Thursdays or you want to take something in again, you can easily access the recordings on our channel at the linktree. Be sure to subscribe while you’re there and never miss a thing!

05/26/2022

A major development since our reorganizing: We have combined our shelter and employment budget into what is currently a $2500 (minimum) community budget. This money is entirely within the democratic control of nine, self-selected members of our growing democratic houseless community.
The budget can be used to:
- directly compensate houseless Core Members each month for doing their daily responsibilities
- construct more emergency shelters
- organizing special projects like shelter maintenance, showers, toilets, landscaping, etc
- purchase communal food and necessities
Empowering homeless folks to democratically determine their own destiny through direct economic, emotional, and material support, is a key part of fixing the “homeless problem.” Our focus is on sustainable, long-term growth, both for housed organizers and houseless leadership.
The camp is excited to participate in the building of this project -- you will be seeing and hearing more from them directly in the coming weeks and months!

05/24/2022

At we’ve done some evaluating and reorganizing to best fully serve the housesless community. If you want to be part of our network, tap the link to see all the opportunities for volunteering, donating, and getting involved.

05/23/2022

PHP needs your help!! We want to make sure as many people as possible hear about our mission and engage in work to end houselessness. Sharing and saving opportunities from us to engage in this work is a huge support. If you want to be more involved in spreading the word, our close friends story is the place to be! This is where we post our most urgent sharing needs so you know exactly what’s happening and can easily join the movement. Comment below “I want in 🙋🏽” to be added.

05/14/2022

Tomorrow! Come help clean our community! Team up with housed and unhoused community members to clean up a local camp. The city fails to give folks living outside the resources or support needed to keep their spaces clean. This is where we as community members can step up! We all benefit when our communities and neighbors can live cleaner and safer.

More info on our Meetup group! Link in bio!

05/12/2022

‼️Tomorrow ‼️Join us for an education event around the radical legacy of the historical Jesus of Nazareth, and what we can learn from his anti-imperial, non-violent movement!

Philosopher Slavoj Zizek says that religion and spirituality are like empty vases that can be filled with any class or political content -- this is how the words of an anti-Roman, anti-imperial preacher of egalitarian commensality have been used in defense of American capitalism and American Empire. In this talk, we will work to reconstruct and uncover the the real teachings of Jesus around 1) Wealth, 2) Family, and 3) what "The Kingdom of God on Earth" really means.

This event will be held on Zoom and you can sign up for free on our meetup group (linktree)!

05/09/2022

Join us! We’re hosting an info session tonight at 6:30 to answer all your questions about volunteering and getting involved with . Visit our meetup group at the linktree in our bio to sign up.

05/08/2022

‼️Monday at 6‼️
Are you interested in getting more involved with the People’s Housing Project? Do you want to work directly with houseless folks to improve their living conditions? Join us for an information session about our Camp Support team, an ongoing core of volunteers that can commit to a few hours a month cleaning up the camp; landscaping it; and building/deploying structures at it! The link for the meetup is at our linktree, can’t wait to see you!

05/07/2022

Patrons like you make our community work possible! From building warming huts and emergency shelters, to creating paid opportunities for houseless folks, grassroots donations allow us to build a better world. We're entirely funded by the People for the People. We don't take any large corporate or government money. Donating to our p@tre0n is one of the best ways you can support our work! As they say, "for a cup of coffee a day," you can directly help people in your community. Link in bio!

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