Two years in, micro shelters continue to send about half of adults to better destinations

Forty miniature homes line a shaded parking lot off Portland Road in northeast Salem. The shelters have colorfully painted doors sporting bumblebees, bright flowers, and peacock feathers. Outside, a dozen kids run back and forth under a sprinkler on their push scooters and line up for ice cream while their parents chat at a picnic table. 

The micro shelter village for families, run by Salem nonprofit Church at the Park, is one of two city-funded…