Dignity Village

Crazy. I live in Portland, and I've never heard about this until now.

is it free to stay there? Is there a webcam set up so we can watch their every move? This looks like a good advertising and recruitment opportunity for walmart!

This looks cool. Good for them. I'd love to visit there sometime.

That looks so nice! I'm a little surprised, to be honest. I wonder where the internet comes from though? Prolly public library work, now that I think of it...

Are those solar panels on the buildings in the upper left?

I think this is a great idea. Every major city should do this, if only to cut down on the medical costs of homeless people.

i feel dirty just looking at the pics

Basically, they're living in squalor.
If they're that good at organization, why can't they get a real place to live up and running?
60 people with 60 incomes would have a lot of buying power, if they put their minds to it.

Hah. I called the IRS. Tax time, pseudo-functioning citizens!

Hey Colt Seaver,

Since the are a 501c3 non-profit, pay taxes, utilities and insurance, the IRS is already familiar with them. Thanks for paying attention.

If people here are genuinely curious, look into this place. Homelessness is not a disease, it is simply a matter of not having a home. Not every homeless person is a smelly drunk. And it's not just a matter of getting a job.

Some people in this society are unable to work, and the social safety net is full of holes. There needs to be more places that don't require residents to pay more than they can afford.

Having said that, people at Dignity Village work 10 hours a week for their stay there, some have outside jobs, and most only use it for a place to transition. They are able to get cleaned up, or get a job or whatever they weren't able to do sleeping in a shelter or on the sidewalk.

If you have issues with this camp, you haven't looked at the whole story. the only issue you need have is that more people don't donate to this place or create more of them.