CSS is Getting a New Building!

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Together We Shelter

Helping the unhoused rebuild their lives

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We Pioneered Conestoga Huts

Cost-effective and durable micro-shelters

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We Pioneered Conestoga Huts

Cost-effective and durable micro-shelters

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Community Supported Shelters (CSS), headquartered in Eugene, Oregon, is an innovative nonprofit that helps the unhoused rebuild their lives through intentional community.

Over 1,000

lives changed for the better since our start in 2013

46

states and 6 countries use Conestoga Huts

13

Safe Spot Communities under our management in Eugene

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What We Do

Safe Spot Communities

We manage group-living environments that emphasize stability and peer support.

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Consulting Services

We share our practices and expertise with governments and other nonprofits.

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Conestoga Huts

We maintain micro-shelters that are inexpensive, lockable, and easy to build.

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Advocacy

We support change to solve homelessness and protect rights of unhoused people.

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News

The Future: A New Building For CSS!

July 26, 2025
Because of your support, we’re growing into something bigger—two new spaces designed to better serve our unhoused neighbors. Community Supported Shelters is in the middle of an exciting transformation. After over a decade at our Grant Street location, we’ve purchased a new building that will allow us to bring our in

The Present: CSS to Make a Big Move

July 25, 2025
“Everyone will have desks,” declares Blake Burrell, CSS Director of Community Impact, anticipating the move of most of the CSS staff and programs from 1160 Grant Street to 2870 West 10th Place, a former Oregon Department of Motor Vehicles facility. The move will take place between now and the end of 2025.

The Past: A History of Heart at 1160 Grant

July 24, 2025
Erik de Buhr fell in love with the building at 1160 Grant long before there was a Community Supported Shelters. He was involved with a group that built things out of salvaged materials (Resurrected Refuse Action Team), including huts that would turn out to be precursors to the CSS Conestoga Huts. “I’d been eyeballing t
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Your support provides shelter and hope for a better tomorrow. No amount is too small to give. $20 can make a real difference in the lives of unhoused individuals—it can fund an Outreach Kit, which provides someone in need with water, snacks, and hygiene supplies.

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