State Buys Hotels for Homeless. CARES Act.

The CARES Act saw California and Oregon use funds to purchase temporary housing in hotels for homeless.

Oregon is moving beyond this, by spending $65 Million to purchase 20 underused hotels to provide housing for homeless.

What is Oregon’s project called? Oregon’s Project Turnkey

Who will operate the hotels turned homeless housing? nonprofit housing and social services providers will own and run the hotels-turned-housing

A University of Washington study shows that moving the homeless into hotels slowed the spread of the infection.

PEW | Prompted by Pandemic, Some States Buy Hotels for the Homeless