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The Stepping Stone Shelter is opening up in February,

A handful of hotels across Oregon work a lot differently now than they did three years ago.

The City purchased the Rainbow Motel and plans to convert it into temporary housing

"A Piece of the Puzzle"  A Redmond hotel will soon become the citys first year-round shelter thanks to funding from Project Turnkey, the statewide initiative to convert hotel and motels into housing Amid rising housing costs and stagnant wages, Central Oregons homeless population is growing, and shelter beds are in short supply. But, this June, at least 25 shelter beds will be added to the mix, as Bend-based nonprofit Bethlehem Inn uses state funding to convert a motel in Redmond. ...

City of Bend to consider 2 NE Bend motels for converting into temporary transitional shelter Two NE Bend motels are in the running for a state-funded project to be purchased by city of Bend for temporary transitional housing Process resumes a month after earlier motel purchase plan was scrubbed BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) – A month after the city of Bend called off plans to buy a Third Street motel to convert into a transitional shelter, city councilors Wednesday night agreed to begin the process again...