Right 2 Dream Too files suit against city A rendering of Right 2 Dream Too created by a local architecture firm Right 2 Dream Too, which has operated a weigh station for the homeless for more than a year, filed a suit against the city of Portland today. T ...
10 Dec 2012 - Street Roots
Breaking: Developer pushes for change at Right 2 Dream Too By Staff Reports A Portland developer is saying the homeless rest area at Fourth and Burnside is jeopardizing the financial stability of the long-awaited renovation of the Grove Hotel. In a strong ...
6 Dec 2012 - Street Roots
Housing veterans, local numbers fall short By Robert Britt, Staff Writer When Army veteran Mark Townsend left the military service in the early ’70s, a decades-long battle with substance abuse and homelessness was just beginning. Addiction marred Townsend ...
14 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Right 2 Dream Too deserves city leadership By Israel Bayer The city should find a way to offer Right 2 Dream Too land to relocate the tent city currently occupying Southwest Fourth and Burnside. The argument that people shouldn’t be living in tents as an ...
2 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
‘Domicile unknown’ By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Laurie Crow would have been 54 on Dec. 27, 2011. Instead, she became one of 47. Only a few weeks before her birthday, she died curled up in her sleeping bag in a meadow near Going Street. Her partner, Claren ...
10 May 2012 - Street Roots
Street Roots, Multnomah County release homeless deaths report This morning, Multnomah County released a new report, co-authored by Street Roots on the number of homeless people who died on the streets last year. The county medical examiner’s office count ...
27 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
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26 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Nick Fish delivers the state of housing, a Portland story By Nick Fish, Contributing Columnist This week I presented my fourth housing budget to the City Council. It is a good time to reflect on the progress we have made together, the challenges we face, ...
24 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! It’s going to be a great weekend, the weatherman says, with a 100 percent chance of Street Roots coming to a neighborhood near you. Pick up your copy tomorrow morning and share a sunny smile with your friendly vendor. Here’s what’s rolling o ...
12 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Portland safety net swings in balance of city budget talks City’s housing and homeless services play the competitive waiting game for coveted one-time appropriations By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Looking at the housing and homeless landscape these days, Po ...
28 Mar 2012 - Street Roots