The Supreme Court will review a lower court decision barring cities’ criminalization of homelessness In a decision expected to have far-reaching consequences for homelessness policy in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Jan.12 to review a lo ...
12 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 3: Local outreach workers see improvements, but say lack of a clear process disrupts care and trust at Urban Alchemy-run villages Two local outreach workers sat in a van parked outside Southeast Portland's Reedway Safe Rest Village, or SRV, on a ...
10 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 2: Urban Alchemy settled a $1 million lawsuit days after Portland opened a UA-operated shelter site in July. The class action suit, brought by an employee in California, speaks to concerns about the organization’s model. Two days after the Clinton Tr ...
27 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 1: Portland brought in a California nonprofit to run its temporary shelter sites amid criticism. Homeless Portlanders find hope and disappointment in the promise of a sanctioned space to live. When Mayor Ted Wheeler's then-senior advisor, Sam Ad ...
13 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
DEQ awaits a risk assessment from the city to inform the timeline for cleanup The city of Portland's plan for a new sanctioned homeless site, slated for an early 2024 opening, is currently contaminated with hazardous chemicals. The city has a lot of ...
15 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt told Mayor Ted Wheeler the district attorney’s office is not able to fulfill its role as described in the ordinance banning most sleeping in public in a Nov. 6 letter. The Multnomah County District Attorney’ ...
9 Nov 2023 - K. Rambo and Jeremiah Hayden
Despite public perception, Metro data shows housed residents are responsible for most waste dumped on public property “Trash tells a story,” Stephanie Rawson said. While the general public may not see abandoned garbage as an archeological site, Rawson, Me ...
1 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
A lawsuit filed Friday argues the ordinance is objectively unreasonable, violates state law and Oregon constitution A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge denied an Oregon Law Center, or OLC, motion requesting a temporary restraining order to halt the c ...
29 Sep 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Vague communication from city causes concern among homeless Portlanders and service providers Portland’s ‘daytime camping ban’ went into effect July 7, but the city has not communicated a rollout timeline, a map of allowed sleeping spots or when exactly P ...
12 Jul 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden