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Mayor drops campaign, calls housing and homelessness top priorities

'We’ve got some good things starting' Mayor Charlie Hales, fresh from announcing he will not seek reelection in 2016, says that housing and homelessness are “job one,” demanding “real time, real effort and real money.” In a call from Hales aroun ...

26 Oct 2015 -
What will it take to end homelessness?

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
Safety net funding fares well in city budget

Safety net services for Portland’s poor and homeless faced down another season of funding cuts and emerge virtually intact in Mayor Charlie Hale’s budget, released this morning in City Hall. While federal cuts are still going to hit the city’s housing and ...

30 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
City elections an opportunity for renewed push on housing

City elections an opportunity for renewed push on housing SR editorial from the August 5th edition. Announcements and rumors about the up and coming Portland election in 2012 have the city buzzing. With the announcement that Mayor Sam Adams, an establishe ...

11 Aug 2011 - Street Roots