Pets can be integral to surviving homelessness. Providing hope, connection and companionship in difficult circumstances. With a smile on her face, Julie holds her small dog close. They live together in a Portland shelter. “She is my life,” Julie said. “I ...
5 Jun 2024 - Ellen Clarke
Born out of a need to communicate across difference and build community, Street Roots civic circles engage Portlanders in dialogue For a few months now, Street Roots vendors Sonya Aho, Robin “Shaggy” Douglas, George McCarthy, Craig Preston and Robert Wate ...
29 May 2024 - Thijs Kleinpaste
The request for the court to set aside the lawsuit ruling was due in part because its owner and attorney forgot about the case The city of Portland’s primary private contractor for sweeps quietly lost a wrongful death lawsuit in January 2022, court record ...
22 May 2024 - Terah Bennett and K. Rambo
My time with Street Roots glimpsed a 'future, compassionate society' My housemates and I have a shared 424-song playlist, but somehow the same five songs always come on. Lately, Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” has been in frequent circulation. Chapma ...
22 May 2024 - Talia Ehrenberg
Director’s Desk | Nearly a fifth of PSU students experienced homelessness in the past year, report shows A shelter for homeless Portland State University students has been closed for almost a year for a reason far too common within responses to homelessne ...
22 May 2024 - Kaia Sand
Portland’s primary sweep contractor dogged by lawsuits, concerns, complaints At the Ground Score Association warehouse in Portland’s Old Town on March 30, community members met to discuss city government actions in their neighborhoods — specifically sweep ...
15 May 2024 - Terah Bennett
Portland City Council passes amended law seeking to jail and fine homeless Portlanders after court injunction halted 2023 version Mayor Ted Wheeler and the city of Portland are again pursuing fining and jailing homeless Portlanders for behavior resulting ...
15 May 2024 - K. Rambo
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers Grants Pass v. Johnson, addressing homelessness requires more work, regardless of outcome Cassy Leach woke up early on April 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson across the c ...
8 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Nonprofit managing city shelter sites spent thousands of dollars and countless hours garnering officials’ favor without reporting lobbying, Portland City Auditor finds The Portland City Auditor determined California-based homelessness nonprofit Urban Alch ...
1 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
The Oregon town’s homeless residents say it is impossible to avoid being punished for having no place to live Laura Gutowski lives just down the street from the Grants Pass home she resided in for 25 years. Her son used to play baseball in Morrison Centen ...
3 Apr 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden