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Bend Council Approves More Shelter Beds

Bend City Councilors approved a contract with NeighborImpact to operate a temporary shelter that will add up to 40 additional shelter beds in Bend through May of this year. The temporary shelter, located at 2346 NE Division Street, will open later this month and provide guests access to case management and a pathway to stable housing. Opening the temporary shelter is in response to the lack of capacity at the shelter located on NE Second Street. It also supports continued public health efforts to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in the community. "This temporary shelter is located at the motel we purchased with the state funds through Project Turnkey," said Recovery Strategy & Impact Officer Carolyn Eagan. "It will still eventually be used as a permanent emergency shelter, but we have an immediate need for more temporary shelter beds now. That's why we're using it as a temporary shelter until renovations can be completed and we open it as a permanent emergency

Multiple Motels

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

Bend To Purchase Rainbow Motel

At its meeting Wednesday, the Bend City Council approved buying the 1.03-acre site at 154 NE Franklin Avenue, which includes the Rainbow Motel, for $4.55 million. The City will purchase the motel with General Fund dollars and be able to use it for any desired use allowed in that zone. The purchase of the motel is an opportunistic public investment that could meet a variety of short-term and/or long-term community needs, including but not limited to an immediate need for transitional shelter as well as a future possible site for City Hall, affordable housing, a civic plaza or other public uses. City Council goals include creating temporary or permanent housing for 500 homeless individuals, creating 1,000 rent- and price-restricted housing units, developing housing-specific strategies in the Core Area, and stimulating redevelopment opportunities in the Core Area. Council Update on Temporary Housing Strategies Also at Wednesday's meeting, Councilor Megan Perkins shared an update on t

Bend city councilors OK $4.55 million purchase of Rainbow Motel site