Study: Motels, village shelters provide best outcome for homeless [Video]

PORTLAND, Oregon — A new study by Portland State University hopes to shape the way those experiencing homelessness are housed. It looks at how different types of shelters can impact whether someone gets on the right track to permanent housing. 

Assistant Director of Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative at Portland State University Jacen Greene said, “The Joint Office of Homeless Services reached out to us and asked us to look at traditional congregate shelters. Those mass shelters where many people are going to be in one room, versus motel shelters converted motels — versus these village shelters that have these tiny homes pods clustered around some shared services.”

Researchers looked back at two years worth of data and conducted interviews. Several factors were analyzed as part of the study. 

“What we did is looked at the cost of …