Year-Round Shelter

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The City of Hillsboro is collaborating on compassionate & proven solutions to reduce the impacts of homelessness, including increasing shelter capacity to better meet the community's critical need for safe sleeping options.

Aerial view artist rendering of the future year-round shelterIn the winter of 2021, the City purchased property at SW 17th Avenue and TV Highway to build a future year-round emergency shelter for adults experiencing houselessness.

The new 75-bed facility will provide life-saving shelter and support services while connecting guests with pathways to longer-term housing support.

Once open, the shelter will be operated by a partnering service provider and funded through Washington County's allocation of the Supportive Housing Services Measure.

Groundbreaking Celebration

City leaders and staff joined community partners Washington County & Metro on Monday, March 3 to celebrate breaking ground on the future shelter.

Construction began in early January and the shelter is expected to welcome its first guests in winter 2025-26.

Explore the design & read the construction announcement for more details.

Engaging Our Community

Plans for the shelter's design, architecture, and amenities have been informed by community engagement through stakeholder focus groups and a community-wide survey.

Community input will continue to shape:

We're also inviting community members to ask us a question and sharing those questions and our responses below.

Next Steps

  • The City of Hillsboro & Washington County will open a Request for Proposals for a shelter operator. Selection is expected to conclude by late spring.

  • Neighborhood Plan community engagement is planned for next summer with support from the shelter operator and site partners.

The City of Hillsboro is collaborating on compassionate & proven solutions to reduce the impacts of homelessness, including increasing shelter capacity to better meet the community's critical need for safe sleeping options.

Aerial view artist rendering of the future year-round shelterIn the winter of 2021, the City purchased property at SW 17th Avenue and TV Highway to build a future year-round emergency shelter for adults experiencing houselessness.

The new 75-bed facility will provide life-saving shelter and support services while connecting guests with pathways to longer-term housing support.

Once open, the shelter will be operated by a partnering service provider and funded through Washington County's allocation of the Supportive Housing Services Measure.

Groundbreaking Celebration

City leaders and staff joined community partners Washington County & Metro on Monday, March 3 to celebrate breaking ground on the future shelter.

Construction began in early January and the shelter is expected to welcome its first guests in winter 2025-26.

Explore the design & read the construction announcement for more details.

Engaging Our Community

Plans for the shelter's design, architecture, and amenities have been informed by community engagement through stakeholder focus groups and a community-wide survey.

Community input will continue to shape:

We're also inviting community members to ask us a question and sharing those questions and our responses below.

Next Steps

  • The City of Hillsboro & Washington County will open a Request for Proposals for a shelter operator. Selection is expected to conclude by late spring.

  • Neighborhood Plan community engagement is planned for next summer with support from the shelter operator and site partners.
  • CLOSED: This survey has concluded.

    Year-Round Shelter Survey

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Page last updated: 07 Mar 2025, 04:51 PM