The Safe Rest Pods on SW 17^th Avenue provide life-saving shelter near Winco & Dairy Creek Park as the City & partners work toward building a future year-round shelter at the site.

Since reopening in December 2023, the temporary shelter has:

• Sheltered & supported 30 to 40 individuals & couples each night, with pets allowed.
  
  
• Served 99 individual guests from 95 households.
  
  
• Supported 18 guests with placement in longer-term housing.
  
  
• Connected 99 guests to housing assessments, a key first step on the path from homelessness to long-term housing support.

The Safe Rest Pods will close at the end of October as we prepare the site for year-round shelter construction.

The portable pod shelters are owned by Washington County and will be moved to a new location to be determined by Washington County. Open Door HousingWorks will safely transition guests to an alternate shelter or housing.

You can learn more about the Year-Round Shelter planned for SW 17^th Avenue, see updated designs, and ask questions on Engage Hillsboro.

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• Shelters in Hillsboro
• Year-Round Shelter Project
• Hillsboro’s Homelessness Initiatives 
• Washington County Emergency Shelters 
• Washington County Pod Villages 
• Washington County Day Centers & Homeless Resources