News
A pilot program in Iowa produces encouraging results for foster kids
Editor’s note: As part of Street Roots’ ongoing solutions-based reporting on the foster care system, Street Roots took a deep dive into the national and local data on placement stability and disruptions for young people in foster care. With funding and collaboration from the Solutions Journalism Network, Street Roots searched for positive deviants, or unique…
Housing
City can’t say when they will plan, build Safe Rest Villages
Commissioner Dan Ryan’s goal to build six city-sanctioned outdoor homeless encampments by the end of the year appears in flux, and critics are skeptical even if the city can meet the goal. For most of 2021, Ryan led the charge to use money from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) — the federal COVID-19 relief…
Opinion
OPINION | ‘Build Back Better’ is a big deal for housing
I recently chatted with a man who worked in downtown Portland in the 1980s. He remembers, he told me, seeing street homelessness increase those years after Ronald Reagan became president. There’s a reason. The Reagan administration began the contemporary era of street homelessness with its slashes to social spending, and in particular, the Housing and Urban…
