Housing veterans, local numbers fall short By Robert Britt, Staff Writer When Army veteran Mark Townsend left the military service in the early ’70s, a decades-long battle with substance abuse and homelessness was just beginning. Addiction marred Townsend ...
14 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
New federal guidelines for low-income housing cut out explicit tenant protections regarding bed bugs By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Department of Housing and Urban Development’s new landlord guidelines for dealing with bed bug infestations have som ...
6 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
State loses fed contract on Section 8 contract management by Staff Reports Oregon state housing programs got a major shake-up this month when Oregon Housing and Community Services (OHCS) failed to secure a key federal Section 8 housing assistance contract ...
13 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Home Again: The Admiral welcomes back displaced residents By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer A chain link fence has enclosed the Admiral Park Apartments between SW Park Avenue and SW Taylor Street for the last 10 months, construction equipment and garbage ...
10 Jun 2010 - Street Roots
Northwest Oregon gets Section 8 bailout from feds The Northwest Oregon Housing Authority, which terminated nearly 300 families from it’s Section 8 program this summer, will receive $800,000 from the federal housing bureau to restore assistance in the tri- ...
2 Sep 2009 - Street Roots
HUD hopes for the future with Secretary Shawn Donovan From the August 21 edition of Street Roots Shaun Donovan, named secretary of the US Department of Housing and Urban Development served as an intern at the National Coalition for the Homeless when his c ...
2 Sep 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Thanks to all of you who wrote in about our vendors lately. We’ve known how great they are for years, and it’s good to hear it from their customers, too. So, if you haven’t talked to your vendor lately, you’ve got a great reason to swing by ...
20 Aug 2009 - Street Roots
Update on NW Oregon Families: Families on the fringe go month-to-month unsure of housing assistance (Jennifer Cherry stands in the doorway of her home, holding the cancellation letter from the housing authority. Photo by Ken Hawkins.) While hundreds of fa ...
12 Aug 2009 - Street Roots
NW Section 8 casualties get some relief HUD: An estimated one out of every 200 Oregonians are homeless Nearly 300 families in Northwest Oregon got some breathing room this month- a one-month extension on assistance to keep them in housing. In late May, th ...
10 Jul 2009 - Street Roots
The Perfect storm: Northwest Oregon’s Section 8 disaster is being repeated across the country From the June 26, edition of Street Roots It has been called a perfect storm. A rare convergence of forces that, on their own, could possibly be withstood, but i ...
8 Jul 2009 - Street Roots