As this Southern Oregon community wooed tourists and retirees, its population outpaced construction of workforce housing This story is part of a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County. Under a canopy of P ...
17 Mar 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
Now, homeless residents can sleep in the park at night, but many have nowhere to go in the morning This story is part of a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County. Gloria “Sue” Johnson, 70, has lived in th ...
24 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
The Grants Pass City Council had approved the shelter, but under pressure from neighbors, the building's owners initially pulled out Read Street Roots' news series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County ...
24 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
Achieving even temporary shelter in this conservative Southern Oregon county was no simple task This story is part of a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County. Update April 7: On April 5, Rogue Retreat an ...
10 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
In a part of Southern Oregon notorious for its dearth of affordable housing, a family is at risk of losing the RVs that have kept them off the street This is the first part in a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephi ...
3 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach