Criminalizing Homelessness Doesn’t Work

Last week, Portland City Council voted to criminalize homelessness. A senseless, harmful ban like this – rushed through during election season – couldn’t come at a worse time.

Ways to Get Involved in November

Bring a dish to an emergency shelter, donate items that shelter and affordable housing residents need, pick up and deliver donations in your car, and more. We’d love you to work alongside us to support and build our community.

We Endorse Portland Charter Reform

Our Just Future enthusiastically endorses Portland city charter reform as part of the coalition Portland United for Change. Vote YES on Ballot Measure 26-228.

Winter Coat Drive is On!

More than 200 people call our shelters home, and they all need coats! Can you help us by donating new and like-new coats?

Ways to Get Involved in October!

We’d love you to work alongside us to support and build our community. Bring a dish to an emergency shelter, pick up and deliver donations in your car, and more.

We Changed Our Name!

Welcome to Our Just Future — our bold new name and vision for the future.

This month's volunteer opportunities and donation needs

Volunteer + In-Kind Donation Needs in July

Summer’s on! This month our shelters need flip-flops and folks to cook, and people newly moving into affordable housing are looking for supplies!

The new Gateway office atrium, with an open floor plan, large windows, and warm-toned wood paneling.

Sneak Peek: Our Gateway Service Center

Hello from our new home base in East Portland! It will be both the hub for our core business and a place for services like career coaching and family advocacy.

Young female driver sitting in cabin of big modern truck

Together, we can help folks overcome housing insecurity

When our team works with folks to overcome housing insecurity, we do it in effective and lasting ways. Can you help fuel our work again today?

A multigenerational family hugs on a couch

Let’s Address Housing Instability Together

With rents high and climbing higher, and wages not keeping pace, many of us live at risk of eviction. Nearly 40% of all Oregonians over 65 say they are at risk of losing their homes.