The state began a phase-in process for eliminating parking requirements at the beginning of the year. Experts say the state's housing construction might boom this summer when regulations end. Beginning Jan. 3, some parking mandates in Oregon housing ...
12 Apr 2023 - Christine Menges
With help from mutual aid group Don’t Evict PDX, tenants receive rental assistance funds, guidance on eviction notices and support for tenant advocacy and organizing In early December, a mutual aid request to help a tenant who needed $4,980 by Dec. 6 to a ...
4 Jan 2023 - Christine Menges
One year removed from the deadly 'heat dome,' Portlanders will gather to mourn those who died — and call for better outcomes in the future Portland’s first “ Heat Week ” began during the last week of June to commemorate the 69 lives lost last su ...
24 Jun 2022 - Christine Menges
Maddy Brown-Clark says being part of Street Roots has given her a sense of belonging Maddy Brown-Clark has always been surrounded by music. When she was a baby, Brown-Clark’s mother and her mother’s cousin would dance around while cradling her in their ar ...
13 Aug 2015 - Christine Menges
One thing Street Roots offers Jesse Timms is a place to call home Jesse Timms is originally from Southern California but found his way to Portland after a series of job searches led him here. Timms’ first job was with the Navy, which he joined as a young ...
6 Aug 2015 - Christine Menges
Katie Amberson is slowly getting her life on track. She moved here from Phoenix, Ariz., a few years ago with her mother to help take care of her grand-aunt. Since then, her aunt has died, but Katie stayed here. She decided to become a vendor about four we ...
24 Jul 2015 - Christine Menges
Arnold Casey has called many places home. A self-proclaimed “Army brat,” he moved around a lot as a kid while his dad served in the Navy. The second of nine children, Casey spent most of his childhood raising his siblings while his father was away and hi ...
12 Jun 2015 - Christine Menges