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Public Hygiene Lets Us Stay Human.  PHLUSH works for better designed and more effectively managed public restrooms.  Join us!

Urban livability activists and advocates! We believe that toilet availability is a human right. Clean safe public restrooms help us remain healthy, walk rather than drive, and spend time away from home with family and friends. They serve people who are restroom challenged because of medical conditions or due to normal circumstances such as pregnancy, childhood or aging. In the Take Action section you’ll find practical resources for advocacy, tips on what to do when you’re denied use of a restroom, action alerts and information on volunteering with PHLUSH.

Designers, architects and urban planners, city managers and maintenance specialists! With reference to Portland, Oregon and other cities, this site catalogs best practices in public restroom management and maintenance and in financial and environmental sustainability.  The PHLUSH Public Restroom Design Principles guide information on facility types, management options and Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED). Form follows function. Yet the function of restrooms involves one of the least studied aspects of human behavior. Until function and user preference is fully taken into account, form will underperform, maintenance costs will spiral, and public restrooms will continue to be a major headache for public officials.

Thank you, Supporters!   Development of phlush.org has been partially supported through a small grant from the City of Portland, Oregon administered through the Alliance of Portland Neighborhood Business Associations.  Our fiscal sponsor is Neighbors West-Northwest, the umbrella organization of which the  Old Town Chinatown Neighborhood Association is a member.  PHLUSH thanks all for their support.