Black & Beyond the Binary Collective event raises funds and awareness for ongoing housing instability crisis Revered Portland drag queen Marla Darling pretended everything was okay. She wasn’t telling her coworkers, but she was living in a garage. Dar ...
26 Jul 2023 - Ellen Clarke
City officials did not say if background checks are being considered Neighborhood associations expanded a demand for residents of Safe Rest Villages near schools to undergo criminal background checks in a May 16 email to Mayor Ted Wheeler and city commiss ...
25 May 2022 - Piper McDaniel
She came to Portland inspired to help the houseless community, and the Red House propelled her into activism Raven Ellaine came out West in an effort to provide mutual aid, which, as she describes it, is a way people come together using their resources or ...
19 May 2021 - Ellena Rosenthal
A homeless camp for people of color and another for the general population are also set to open over the weekend With Oregon residents ordered to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, houseless communities are at increased risk of infection because o ...
18 Apr 2020 - Celeste Noche
COMMENTARY | Trans people experiencing homelessness find few protections from HUD Ben Carson, secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, made news last year for his statements about transgender people. In a September 2019 meeting w ...
10 Jan 2020 - Jonah DeChants