Episode 19: Oregon must extend the eviction moratorium, the Community Alliance Tenants director says On this episode of the Street Roots Podcast, Kim McCarty, the e xecutive director of the Community Alliance of Tenants, joins host DeVon Pouncey to discus ...
25 May 2021 - DeVon Pouncey
Staffers aren’t trained to care for this kind of patient — but they have no choice as the pandemic creates more vacancies that must be filled One year ago, a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, became an early battleground for the U.S. coronavirus out ...
24 Mar 2021 - Don Martin
Many people experiencing homelessness are older than 55 and have underlying illnesses At a time when health care providers are accelerating mass vaccinations to get the COVID-19 vaccines into as many arms as possible, others are concerned that approach wo ...
20 Jan 2021 - Joanne Zuhl
Housing advocates plan to push for further renter protections when the Legislature’s regular session begins next month The Oregon State Legislature met in a special session Dec. 21 and extended the state’s eviction moratorium to June 30, despite concerns ...
30 Dec 2020 - Tom Henderson
Housing advocates say the legislation fails to prevent housing instability for thousands of Oregonians. Property owners say they won’t get adequate protection. Oregon lawmakers say they want renters to stay in their homes, but advocates on both sides of t ...
2 Dec 2020 - Tom Henderson
Photographer B Okabe captured this unusual moment in history as seen by those who live and work in Portland’s Old Town/Chinatown neighborhood Houseless people and members of other disenfranchised communities have called Old Town home throughout Portland’s ...
18 Nov 2020 - B Okabe
Officials attribute the flat numbers to emergency preparedness and good luck The number of new cases of COVID-19 among Portland’s unhoused population has remained flat even as overall case counts have climbed upward, Multnomah County health officials say. ...
4 Nov 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Thousands of Portlanders are barely hanging on to housing, and their losses could be another opportunity for investors to gobble up properties Angela McCann never imagined her 4-year-old niece knocking over a dresser and chinchilla cage onto her brother c ...
2 Sep 2020 - Chris May
With sweeps paused during the pandemic, many houseless communities have grown as campers have settled in. Photographer Benjamin Brink captured this unique moment in the city’s history. When the coronavirus pandemic hit Portland, the city substantially cut ...
2 Aug 2020 - Benjamin Brink
The Oregon Legislature extended a moratorium on evictions and foreclosures during the pandemic, but tenants and homeowners are required to take certain steps to protect themselves In June Oregon legislators met during an emergency session aimed, in part, ...
27 Jul 2020 - Chris May