Acts of kindness and compassion often go untold In my time at Street Roots, I’ve watched readers do some amazing things for vendors. Readers helping organize first and last month’s rent for a vendor, doctors helping with surgeries, dentists helping people ...
16 Jun 2017 - Israel Bayer
FINDING HOME | His journey took him from the countryside of El Salvador to a new and challenging world in Portland Waiting at an outdoor table in front of the small coffee house where Samuel Henriquez had agreed to meet me, I looked up to see a short, sto ...
5 Jun 2017 - Robin Schauffler
He publicly walked away from an adviser role for the Environmental Protection Agency, but he's still dedicated to smart housing and healthy communities As a civil engineer, Carlos Martín could expect to get a few “likes” now and again on his social m ...
2 Jun 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
An advocate for the homeless, he was involved with Street Roots for many years Roger Lee Moore was born in West Virginia to parents Charles and Irene Moore. He was blessed to have four sisters and three brothers. Roger worked in the Portland shipyards pai ...
31 May 2017 - Street Roots
Trump's budget cuts threaten to unravel Portland's success housing veterans After living his car, homeless, for a little over a year, Daniel Kallunki moved into a one-bedroom apartment near Troutdale last November, less than a month after receiv ...
26 May 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
This flawed policy would perpetuate a cycle of madness that's been repeated for decades People tell me all the time, Israel — all my friends, even the liberal ones are tired of it. The homeless. The trash. Something has to be done to clear these camp ...
19 May 2017 - Israel Bayer
New campaign will push EU policymakers to do more to put an end to homelessness Homelessness grabs a lot of headlines in Portland, but it’s without question a global issue. The United States homeless figure continues to hover at more than a half a million ...
5 May 2017 - Laura Kelly
We can do something powerful, but we need to focus on solutions We’ve lost the general public’s support and political will on homelessness. I’ve been hearing these sentiments a lot lately in political circles. That’s nonsense. It’s true that many people ...
4 May 2017 - Israel Bayer
How it happens, who it harms, and how we can work toward a solution Insufficient income taxes on the rich, cash-starved local governments and opportunistic developers constitute the ingredients for a particularly bitter pill for low-income people: higher ...
27 Apr 2017 - Jared Paben
FINDING HOME | She spent years managing the logistics of homelessness. Today, she has an apartment in Portland and a job as a pharmacy tech. Carolyn Will is wearing navy slacks and a blouse, office attire, on her day off. Her long brown hair is streaked ...
20 Apr 2017 - Rebecca Koffman