Portland nonprofits help build wooden platforms for first city-sanctioned homeless camp

The site along Southeast 13th Place and Gideon Street will mostly be made up of prefabricated shelter pods, but wooden platforms will be available for tents too.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two Portland non-profit organizations joined forces to help prepare the first city-sanctioned homeless camp, dubbed Temporary Alternative Shelter Sites, in Southeast Portland Thursday. 

The campsite along Southeast 13th Place and Gideon Street will be able to provide alternative temporary shelter for up to 200 people living on the streets. The site will mostly be made up of prefabricated shelter pods, but wooden platforms will be available for those who prefer to be in tents.

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