Housing
City contractors swept homeless Portlanders during state of emergency
While city and county agencies, as well as mutual aid groups, distributed water bottles, cooling supplies and information about extreme — and likely deadly — heat, city contractors swept homeless encampments. Internal Rapid Response BioClean data shared with the city’s Homelessness and Urban Camping Impact Reduction Program, or HUCIRP, lists 12 sites finished after an…
Oregon eviction rates keep rising in a time of historic need
"There's a really wide array of people who end up finding themselves homeless,” Leeor Schweitzer said. Schweitzer is a member of Portland Tenants United’s organizing committee, and he says its members are seeing a spike in calls from tenants facing eviction. “(Organizers) are talking to people who were newly homeless for the first time every…
Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Building community wherever he goes
A new vendor for Street Roots, Joseph is building community wherever he can. Whether he’s selling papers outside the New Seasons on Southeast Division Street and 21st Avenue or checking in on friends living in camps and motorhomes, Joseph always tries to make sure that others feel cared for. “We all have gifts and talents,” Joseph…
Opinion
Kaia Sand | Climate change harms poor people and must be dealt with equitably
Our city is poised to make a large investment in climate change equity — and that’s a really big deal. I’m proud that Street Roots is one of 65 organizations to receive grants from Portland Clean Energy Fund to invest in renewable energy, energy efficiency and green jobs for people of color as well as…
News
Portland Police Bureau’s budget reduction was slight and short-lived
Portland faces record levels of gun violence and homicide. As of July 21, there have been 91 homicides in Portland in the past year, and from January through July 27 there were 688 shootings according to Portland police. While this rise is part of a nationwide spike in violent crime, including rising homicides and gun violence, budget…
