Half of city navigation center residents moved into permanent housing, report says

By the time most unsheltered people walk into Salem’s navigation center, the bureaucratic gears are already turning to secure them a permanent home.

That’s been the key to the shelter’s success in the first year, said Ashley Hamilton, chief program officer at the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency, which runs the shelter. 

The agency’s recent reporton first year outcomes found that about half of departing shelter residents, 54 of 103 people, moved into permanent…