Charles was homeless and looking rough. He was pushing a shopping cart and living under the Burnside Bridge when he was referred to Northwest Pilot Project. He was 56 years old. He had been an unofficial apartment building manager for fifteen years. He l ...
21 Nov 2013 - Susan Emmons
Know Your City is a civic engagement group that wants you to — well — know your city. But not in the conventional, boring pamphlet sort of way. Formerly the Dill Pickle Club, the nonprofit seeks to educate the public through tours, colorful lectures, publ ...
18 Jun 2013 - Jake Thomas
Extra! Exra! Even the busiest weekend plans have room for friendly smile and a good read. So swing by the local turf tomorrow morning and pick up the latest edition of Street Roots. Your vendor will thank you and you’ll be glad you’ve got your copy before ...
27 Sep 2012 - Street Roots
Oregon hold ’em: Mediation efforts ramp up for foreclosure victims By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Housing and consumer advocates are eagerly counting down to July 11. That is the day the provisions of the state’s new mandatory mediation law, passed by ...
21 Jun 2012 - Street Roots
Neighborhoods grapple with remnants of the foreclosure crisis: empty homes [caption id="attachment_7175" align="alignnone" width="500"] Foreclosed, vacant and boarded up, this house on North Buffalo Street is one of hundreds ...
24 May 2012 - Street Roots
May Day demonstrators 'liberate' foreclosed home [caption id="attachment_7062" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Alicia Jackson addresses the crowd outside her foreclosed home. Photo by Amanda Waldroupe& ...
1 May 2012 - Street Roots
Life after foreclosure: Organizers seek answers, solutions through the fog... By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer For the hundreds of thousands of homeowners who lost their homes to foreclosure, who felt robbed of their investment and lied to by the institutions ...
7 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
Foreclosure's fallout: What we've really lost after the housing investment meltdown By Kaia Sand, Contributing Writer At the end of October, with little fanfare, Oregon Attorney General John Kroger joined a class action lawsuit against Bear Stea ...
6 Jan 2011 - Street Roots