You need somewhere to sleep tonight

If you need a bed tonight in Portland, the City's overnight shelters are the fastest door. They take people first come, first served, with no referral and no ID.

• See which ones have space on the City's overnight shelter page and its live map. A shelter shows red when it is 95% full. Tap a shelter for its hours, line-up rule and intake cutoff.
• Get there close to opening. Most open in the evening and close in the morning. Burnside Shelter (SAFES), the overnight site for women at 30 SW 2nd Ave, opens nightly at 8pm.
• Questions? Call City Shelter Services at 503-823-1340, or 311.

211info can help you find shelter in any county. Call 2-1-1 or 866-698-6155 weekdays 8am to 6pm, or text your ZIP code to 898-211 weekdays 9am to 5pm. When the weather turns dangerous, the county opens severe weather shelters with no entry requirements. Text pdxshelter to 898-211 to get an alert when that happens.

Be ready for honesty: beds where you can stay longer than one night take a form, a call or an outreach referral, and the wait can be long. Step 3 covers those doors, so start them today too.

If you are leaving abuse, violence, or someone who is hurting you, you do not have to wait in the general shelter line. Domestic and sexual violence survivors have their own confidential shelter network with its own intake.

Call to Safety, 503-235-5333 or toll-free 888-235-5333, is a 24/7 crisis line for people of all genders. Advocates can talk through your options, start a shelter screening with you, and check which survivor shelters have space that day.

For the fuller picture, including safety planning, culturally specific programs, and financial help only survivors can get, follow the You're not safe at home path. You do not have to label what is happening to use it.

Beds where you can stay more than one night come through a few front doors. You can start more than one today.

• Transition Projects runs several of the city's largest shelters. Request a bed with the online Single Bed Form, or the Couples Bed Form if you are applying with a partner. You need an email address, there are no same-day beds, and you should check in by email or text so your request stays active. No email? Staff at the Resource Center, 650 NW Irving St, help with shelter requests weekdays 8:30 to 9:30am. Transition Projects says all of its shelters are gender affirming.
• City Street Outreach is the only way into the City's pod villages, including SW Naito Village, which focuses on LGBTQIA2S+ people. Fill out the short form or call 311, and an outreach worker tries to find you, usually within 30 days. It is not a waitlist and does not promise a bed.
• WeShine runs three small villages with private sleeping pods. Parkrose Community Village prioritizes LGBTQIA2S+ adults. Email shelter@weshinepdx.org to ask which waitlists are open.
• Coordinated Housing Access Team (CHAT), 844-765-9384, is the front door for single adults into longer-term supportive housing. Start the assessment early, and know that only some people assessed are placed.

🏳️‍⚧️ In Oregon you have the right to be sheltered in line with your gender identity, without questions about your body. If a shelter misgenders you or places you against your gender, write down the date and names, ask for their grievance policy, and reach out to Call to Safety or a WERQ peer for a safer option.

If you are a young person, youth programs are usually lower-barrier than adult shelters.

• Janus Youth Programs runs the Access Center, the front door to youth shelter and housing in Multnomah County for ages 16 to 24. Call 503-432-3986 to set up a screening, any day from 9am to 5pm, or go to 1635 SW Alder St. If you get voicemail, leave your name and number, and call again if no one calls back within a day. Janus says all of its services are LGBTQ affirmative.
• New Avenues for Youth offers services, housing referrals, and LGBTQIA2S+ support for young people.
• Outside In serves youth 16 to 24 with drop-in services and housing help, and can start a youth screening with you.

Ask specifically for LGBTQ+ affirming placement. You are allowed to say that it matters to you.

If there is no bed yet, you still have places to go during the day to rest, eat, shower, get mail, and regroup.

• Marie Equi Center runs a peer-led day center for LGBTQIA2S+ people, including trans people losing housing, at 4434 SE 25th Ave. Call 503-459-2584 for current hours.
• JOIN runs a Dayspace at 1435 NE 81st Ave with restrooms, showers, mail, meals, and clothing, open every day including weekends. It also hosts a weekly CHAT housing assessment drop-in. Call 503-232-2031.
• Blanchet House serves free meals Monday through Saturday in Old Town, no ID needed.
• Rose Haven is a day shelter for women, children, and gender-diverse people. It paused this fall and planned to reopen November 9, 2026, so call 503-248-6364 to check.

Hours change often, so call ahead when you can. If you can, keep your ID, medications, phone and charger, and important papers on you.

The Surviving on the street in Portland path has the full map of showers, laundry, storage, and mail.

Shelter intake is county by county, so use the door where you want to stay.

• Washington County: call Community Connect at 503-640-3263, or email communityconnect@caowash.org to set up a phone appointment. One short screening puts you on the county's single shelter waitlist. Waits run from about a week to six months, so call early. You can also walk in to a Community Action office in Hillsboro, Tigard, or Beaverton on a weekday.
• Clackamas County: call Coordinated Housing Access at 503-655-8575, weekdays 8am to 6pm, in English or Spanish. Calls go faster earlier in the day and earlier in the week.
• East Multnomah and Gresham: Our Just Future (formerly Human Solutions) runs family shelter and housing services. Call 503-548-0200.

Wherever you are, 211 can point you to the right county's door if you are not sure who to call.