Our Story
The Answer Was Already There.
HomeShare Oregon was founded by people who built property and knew housing. They saw the crisis forming before the headlines caught up, and they recognized that the answer was not waiting on new construction. It was already built, in the tens of thousands of spare bedrooms across Portland, sitting empty while people were being priced out of the communities they had called home for decades.
That insight became an organization, and the organization became a platform. When Silvernest, the venture-backed company that pioneered home sharing technology for older adults, made the decision to divest its platform, they offered HomeShare Oregon the opportunity to take it over. HomeShare Oregon accepted, placing proven, institutional-grade technology in mission-driven, nonprofit hands, where it belongs.
Today, HomeShare Oregon has built on that legacy. The platform that started in Portland's neighborhoods is now a national model: the infrastructure that every small town, faith community, and social organization reaches for when it wants to keep its people together, housed, and home.
Contact
We'd love to hear from you.
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 18222
Portland, OR 97218
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HomeShare Oregon is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit.
EIN: 86-3754964
Oregon Home Sharing, Donations & Sponsorships
Home sharing inquiries within Oregon, donations to HomeShare Oregon, and sponsorship of HomeShare Oregon or HomeShare Online.
Partnership Inquiries
Organizations interested in bringing HomeShare Online to their community contact HomeShare Online directly.
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What Drives Us
Mission. Vision. Moonshot.
HomeShare Oregon connects home providers who wish to stay in their homes with home seekers who need a safe, affordable place to call their own, empowering both through compatible home sharing matches that strengthen the financial, physical, and emotional security of everyone involved.
A world where home sharing is a first instinct, not a last resort. Where every community has the infrastructure to keep its people housed and connected, and where an empty bedroom is never wasted while someone who needs it goes without.
Home sharing becomes a social norm, so that when times get tight or life becomes harder to navigate alone, opening a home or stepping into one feels like the obvious choice. Before selling. Before relocating. Before isolation wins.
Get Involved
Four Ways to Join the Movement.
Whether you partner, give, sponsor, or simply stay connected, there is a place for you in the work of keeping people home.
Your organization serves people navigating housing instability and the challenges of aging in place. Our platform serves them too. Partnership brings the nation's only nonprofit home sharing platform to the people who trust you most.
Explore PartnershipYour donation is philanthropic seed capital that channels the power of generosity into the financial and emotional security of people who want to stay in their homes and the communities they love.
Make a GiftEvery company serves people navigating the housing pressures of aging and displacement. Corporate sponsorship with HomeShare Oregon puts your brand beside the work that keeps people safe, stable, and home.
Become a SponsorOnce a month, we send a newsletter with new blog posts, platform updates, and the growing national conversation around home sharing as essential infrastructure for aging in place, social isolation, homelessness prevention, and community resilience.