Overview of WeShine

WeShine builds/operates micro villages that provide safe, transitional shelter with wrap-around services for Portland’s underserved, unsheltered adults as they prepare to become successful tenants in permanent, affordable housing. WeShine has been operating its Parkrose Village since August of 2022 and anticipates opening its Avalon village at SE 19th and Division St. this month. Work on a third micro village is underway in North Portland on the grounds of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church. Each village has 10 sleeping pods, each with a locking front door, windows, a small front porch or patio, and electricity. Villagers share community toilets, a shower, a kitchenette, washer & dryer, and a community room. Examples of the under-served populations served at WeShine micro villages include adults who identify as LGBTQIA+, Black, Indigenous, or People of Color, adults with disabilities, older adults, adults who identify as female, and adults who have experienced domestic violence.