PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The City of Portland is partnering with the Salvation Army to open a new, low-barrier overnight shelter on NW Northrup Street in the Pearl District.

The site will have 40 beds with plans to increase capacity to 100 by the end of the month, and eventually 200 beds in the coming months.

This shelter features cots instead of mats, with a lined floor. It will operate the same as others across the city: low barrier with no ID required to get in. It runs from 8 p.m. until 6 a.m., and visitors will get a snack.

Brandy Westerman, Portland’s Emergency Humanitarian Operations Director, said they are still learning from their other shelter locations.

“Each location serves its own kind of context,” she said. “Right in the neighborhood has different dynamics to it. And so th

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