Privately Run Portland Homeless Shelter Offers Rare Glimpse of Hope in City Ravaged by Failed Policy

Nestled beside an Amazon fulfillment center and a Columbia sportswear manufacturing warehouse, 20 minutes north of Portland, Ore., is a transitional housing shelter offering a rare glimpse of success in a state plagued by skyrocketing rates of homelessness and drug abuse.

Situated at the edge of Multnomah County, bordering the Columbia River and the Washington State border, the Bybee Lakes Hope Center seamlessly blends into its commercial surroundings. The building’s unremarkable exterior conceals the remarkable work being done inside by an unlikely success story: Alan Evans, the shelter’s chief director.

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Ari Blaff

Ari Blaff is a reporter for the National Post. He was formerly a news writer for National Review.

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Nestled beside an Amazon fulfillment center and a Columbia sportswear manufacturing warehouse, 20 minutes north of Portland, Ore., is a transitional housing shelter offering a rare glimpse of success in a state plagued by skyrocketing rates of homelessness and drug abuse.

Situated at the edge of Multnomah County, bordering the Columbia River and the Washington State border, the Bybee Lakes Hope Center seamlessly blends into its commercial surroundings. The building’s unremarkable exterior conceals the remarkable work being done inside by an unlikely success story: Alan Evans, the shelter’s chief director.