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Bonamici said she hopes the program’s success in Oregon will attract bipartisan support and ultimately offer a scalable solution for the nationwide homelessness crisis.

“It's a very smart way to quickly and economically increase access to housing and emergency shelter, get people into housing and shelter, and importantly, it includes those support programs that are so important for long-term success,” Bonamici said.

“Housing is the foundation to people’s success. If we want to get people back in the workforce and off the streets, they need a place,” the Democrat from Beaverton said June 6 after meeting with local advocates at the foundation offices in Portland.

Representative Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) added that this facility – which has been in development since 2019 – is important because many people have to travel to other areas of the state to access these services.

“Oregonians who are struggling with substance use disorder, they’ll get a second chance here and a better future,” she said. “And we know what it takes to create that path to recovery and stability and health: Access to coordinated, compassionate culturally specific services and wraparound support.”

“Oregon really has been at the forefront in developing innovative strategies to address the housing shortage and to help people who are experiencing homelessness transition from the street into stable housing,” Bonamici said.  

"Oregon really has been at the forefront in developing innovative strategies to address the housing shortage and to help people who are experiencing homelessness transition from the street into stable housing," Bonamici said during a roundtable with some of the organizations that partnered to set up Turnkey operations in Oregon.