Center for Hope and Safety plans to open doors to motel shelter later this month

Later this month, the Center for Hope and Safety hopes to open the doors on a project that will more than double its current capacity to shelter survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

A northeast Salem motel will now serve as transitional housing for survivors of domestic violence and abuse.

The center purchased a motel in May for $4.7 million with Legislative funding administered by the Oregon Community Foundation.

The Oregon Legislature allocated $65 million…