Workers at Community Supported Shelters make do in a cramped space where they share desks and have no space for private meetings with the unsheltered people they serve.
The Eugene nonprofit has grown rapidly in recent years, expanding its roster of huts where people can live off the streets. Today there are more than 170 huts in 14 sites throughout Eugene. The organization provides other services, too, such as helping people obtain employment or housing, and assisting with the legal paperwork necessary to rent or work.
Community Supported Shelters, which started in 2013, now has plans to move its staff into a new building it purchased at 2870 W. 10th Place in Eugene. The building, formerly an Oregon Driver & Motor Vehicle Services office, needs renovation before the organization’s staff can start to visit clients there…