COMMENTARY | A conversation with Right 2 Dream Too co-founder Ptery Lieght Housing activist Ptery Lieght has been involved for years in efforts to make safe, affordable housing available to all. He has been active in Portland’s two legal camps for the hom ...
29 Oct 2015 - Rachel Levy
A tent city like Right 2 Dream Too starts with a core group of people and some brainstorming The idea is simple: Give the homeless a safe, secure place to be. A core group of people gets together and starts brainstorming, on getting support, infrastructur ...
6 Aug 2015 - Leo Rhodes
Portland, like many cities throughout the United States, finds itself at a crossroads. How do we collectively tackle the housing crisis and begin to really put the resources needed into ending homelessness? Anna Griffin’s series on homelessness in The Ore ...
18 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer
It’s time to embrace the idea of organized camping and the Tiny House Movement in Portland for people experiencing poverty. We are now three decades into to the rise of massive homelessness in the United States. During that time we’ve seen tens of billion ...
16 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer
What a week on the homeless front. A partnership between some of the most powerful interests in the city and a group of homeless activist, a snowstorm and the Portland police chief announcing a plan to address homelessness downtown. Wow. I haven’t even me ...
7 Feb 2014 - Israel Bayer
Mayor Charlie Hales didn’t become mayor with the hopes of having to solve homelessness, especially in a growing city like Portland. But the crisis of thousands of people sleeping outside, as it relates to mental health, public safety, neighborhood livabil ...
23 Jan 2014 - SR editorial board
What happens when a group of people experiencing homelessness and poverty decide to take matters into their own hands and organize to improve their quality of life? Unfortunately, they often are looked upon as a nuisance in the community. It’s common know ...
16 Jan 2014 - Israel Bayer
The true colors of many people who are in charge of and influence public safety and policy have been rising to the service. Lets start with civility. That was the topic of a recent summit that brought together policy makers, students, businesses, nonprofi ...
16 Oct 2013 - SR editorial board
Not many people gave them a chance. From the neighborhood and bureaucrats to certain shelter providers and the business community, no one believed that a group of homeless people could be successful in creating their own safe refuge from the harsh realiti ...
26 Sep 2013 - SR editorial board
Decision on technicality could mean the end of the legal road It could have been a make or break morning for Right 2 Dream Too, but it looks like it will be several weeks before a judge decides the fate of the controversial homeless way station. This morn ...
11 Jul 2013 - Joanne Zuhl