Vendor Profiles
Street Roots vendor profile | Richard Winkowitsch acts with kindness
Richard Winkowitsch is passionate about helping others. Despite experiencing houselessness himself, he is always looking out for his neighbors and making sure they have what they need. He likes helping people get back on their feet. “I’ve got a kind heart,” he said. “I love helping people out in the community. It’s what I do.…
Opinion
Opinion | ‘We have to go beyond people just attaining housing’
In 2010, I did a year of service with Americorps for the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky and the Kentucky Domestic Violence Association. I learned a bit about homelessness, the people experiencing homelessness and domestic violence. It gave me a new perspective which has helped me throughout my experience. My name came up recently…
Kaia Sand | Addressing homelessness through the legislature and what we can learn from it
People survive in tents in Deschutes National Forest, along the Umpqua River of Roseburg, on the sandy knolls of Lincoln City. In Medford, where tents are forbidden, people make do on the ground of the greenway. RVs and cars where families sleep tilt into the shoulders of roads all over the state. Others sleep on…
Housing
Housing advocates fear possible eviction wave
Evictions are on the rise in Oregon and experts say vulnerable communities will be disproportionately impacted. Eviction filings have climbed in recent months and researchers and housing advocates alike anticipate an ever-sharper rise in coming months. In January, there were 806 eviction filings in Oregon circuit courts — more than double the 306 filings in…
