A MOVEMENT STARTED BY DISCOVER: OREGON REAL ESTATE

Join the 1%+ Movement

Real estate was never just four walls to us. It's habitat, home, and hope
— and when someone loses even one of the three, they become
placeless. This is our vision for solving it, one percent at a time.

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THE DEFINITION

What's missing from the middle

HABITAT

Somewhere affordable and accessible to
put your body.

HOME

People who know your name. A community.

HOPE

A future you can actually see yourself in.

Where all three overlap, that's a place. You don't have to lose everything to become placeless — you only have to lose one.

“I had a house. I had a family who loved me. And I had no hope.
One circle missing.”

— Tim Rist, from the TEDx talk “Solving Placelessness”

WHERE PLACELESSNESS ENDS

Oregon leads the
nation — the wrong way

13.2

Oregon youth suicide rate,
per 100,000

30%

of Oregonians experience
mental illness

highest prevalence of mental
illness in America

22,072

Oregon students identified
as homeless, one school year

27,119

Oregonians homeless on
a single night

96,000

homes short of what
Oregon needs

Priced out → unhoused → alone → hopeless.

It ends there. It doesn’t start there.

If you or someone you know is struggling: the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is free, confidential, and available 24/7. Call or text 988.

Oregon Health Authority · Mental Health America · Oregon Department of Education · PSU Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative · National Low Income Housing Coalition

A SIMPLE IDEA

One percent of your life force

MONEY

Energy you already spent.

TIME

Energy you haven't spent yet.

LEGACY

Energy that keeps moving after you stop.

“You cannot be excluded from a percentage.”

The 1%+ pledge isn't a donation — it's a measure of your life force, aimed at someone who needs it. A student and a company can make the same commitment at wildly different scale. What would one percent of your energy look like?

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