Opinion
Opinion | Big Real Estate Investors Funding Opposition to Eviction Representation
Legal support for tenants has dramatically reduced eviction rates in cities around the country, combating poverty, homelessness, family breakups and loss of employment. Mary C. King is a professor emerita of economics, Portland State University. Currently, Multnomah County renters facing eviction have no right to a publicly funded court-appointed attorney as they would in criminal…
Kaia Sand | Keeping Portland Street Response on track demands disciplined focus
Portland Street Response is at a crossroads. The innovative first responder system is city-wide but still limited in hours, and the commissioner in charge, Rene Gonzalez, announced a hiring freeze in February. Fire Chief Sara Boone later directed PSR workers to accompany city sweeps, counter to the tenet that this program be separate from law…
Housing
Out-of-state landlords received millions from Oregon’s COVID landlord fund
In March 2020, at least 676 Oregon households faced the prospect of losing their homes. Each received an eviction notice that month. COVID-19 had already killed at least 18 people in Oregon and hospitalized another 690. Workplaces were shutting down, and then-Gov. Kate Brown issued the state’s first pandemic stay-at-home order. Things were falling apart…
News
Out-of-state landlords received millions from Oregon’s COVID landlord fund
In March 2020, at least 676 Oregon households faced the prospect of losing their homes. Each received an eviction notice that month. COVID-19 had already killed at least 18 people in Oregon and hospitalized another 690. Workplaces were shutting down, and then-Gov. Kate Brown issued the state’s first pandemic stay-at-home order. Things were falling apart…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Consistency and reconnection
When Josephine Allen was interviewed for a Street Roots vendor profile in 2022, she was homeless and looking for housing. Today she is proud to say she has found stable housing. Better still, having a consistent home base has allowed her to reconnect with her beloved family. “I have a clean atmosphere where my kids…
