Cockpit
Inflow → street → shelter → treatment → outflow. Chips mark how each number is known: verified feed live approx pending
The gauge — is the hole bigger than the bailing?
Multnomah's by-name list, monthly flow. Closing the net gap stops homelessness growing before anyone new is housed.
The bed ledger — licensed / staffed / occupied / open
No government system reports the staffed-vs-occupied distinction. The live layer below is this system's self-report network — the only live source.
Reference denominators (annual inventories)
The state's bed registry (OBCC) logged ~30 placements in 18 months on ~$7M approx — a database, not a coordination system. Licensed ≠ staffed ≠ occupied; nobody publishes the difference. That gap is this project's reason to exist.
The placement funnel — does anyone actually land?
This system's own close-the-loop data. It grows with every hold a worker places.
The money map — collected vs. delivered
The SHS tax is the region's homelessness engine; the Medicaid 1115 draw is the found money nobody tracks publicly.
The cost of inaction — the denominator nobody computes
The status quo isn't free; it's spread across a dozen budgets. Conservative assumptions, every one inspectable.
Assumptions (click to inspect):
- $50,000/yr — public cost per chronically homeless person per year on the street (ER, jail, EMS, sanitation) (Portland Way Home plan analysis (range across US studies: $35k–$83k))
- $23,500/yr — cost per person per year in supportive housing (Portland Way Home plan analysis)
Inflow drivers — see it coming
Evictions lead homelessness by 60-90 days. Campsite reports track street-level pressure (complaint volume, not population).
Reporting compliance — the funding-condition scoreboard
Real-time bed reporting should be a condition of public funding. This is what compliance looks like today.
Sources & methodology
- verifiedMultnomah County by-name list — monthly population, inflow and outflow (HSD Data Dashboard)· Multnomah County Homeless Services Department (HSD, formerly Joint Office of Homeless Services) · as of 2025-01 (verified release figures); ~2026-02 (approximate figures via press reporting) · updates monthly
- verified2025 Point-in-Time Count and Housing Inventory Count — CoC OR-501 (Portland/Gresham/Multnomah County)· PSU Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (PIT report for the tri-county); HUD (HIC report) · as of Night of 2025-01-22 (PIT); last 10 days of January 2025 (HIC). Report submitted 2025-11-04. · updates annual
- verifiedMetro Supportive Housing Services (SHS) tax — revenue and outcomes· Metro (regional government) Revenue and Analytics Division; Multnomah County HSD (county annual reports) · as of FY 2024-25 (July 2024 - June 2025); revenue report dated August 2025; county annual reports released Nov 2025 · updates quarterly
- verifiedOregon behavioral health residential capacity (SUD residential + withdrawal management) and OBCC bed registry· Oregon Health Authority Behavioral Health Division; OHSU (Oregon Behavioral Health Coordination Center) · as of 2026-01-14 (OHA licensing presentation, statewide); OBCC status as of 2026-01-28 (Willamette Week) · updates unknown
- verifiedMultnomah County eviction filings· Evicted in Oregon (Portland State University), from Oregon Judicial Department OJCIN records · as of Calendar year 2025 (site data tables updated 2026-05-15) · updates monthly
- verifiedDomicile Unknown — annual report on deaths of people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County· Multnomah County Health Department (with Street Roots) · as of Deaths in calendar year 2024; report released 2025-12-19 · updates annual
- verifiedReal-time / nightly shelter availability — City of Portland Shelter Availability Map + 211info + City shelter dashboards· City of Portland (Portland Solutions); 211info; Multnomah County HSD · as of 2026-06-10 (page structure verified by fetch); dashboard data through 2025-10 · updates realtime
- verifiedPortland One Point of Contact campsite reports (Impact Reduction Program)· City of Portland Impact Reduction Program / One Point of Contact · as of 2026-06-08 (newest record in live API query run 2026-06-10) · updates realtime
- pendingMultnomah County Coordinated Entry / Built for Zero· Multnomah County Homeless Services Department; Community Solutions (Built for Zero) · as of n/a · updates unknown
- pendingOregon Medicaid 1115 waiver — Health-Related Social Needs (HRSN) housing benefits utilization· Oregon Health Authority (Health Policy & Analytics) · as of Program-structure facts as of March 2026 (OHA HPA Data Profile); no utilization figures verified · updates quarterly
Pending sources stay pending until a primary source publishes — this cockpit never invents a number. Research snapshot 2026-06-10; live feeds refresh via npm run spine:fetch.