City opens up overnight camping option for select sites By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer For years, Portland’s anti-camping ordinance has been the target of countless demonstrations by the homeless and their supporters. They have marched, protested and held v ...
4 Jan 2012 - Street Roots
Seattle earmarks funds for camping pilot program by Amy Roe The Seattle City Council’s proposed 2012 budget contains some good news for those living in their cars. The budget package includes $20,000 to fund case management services for a Safe Parking Pil ...
5 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
Camp Pioneer emerges, to be swept tomorrow... About 10 people experiencing homelessness set up a small tent community on a tiny triangle of land on North Wheeler Avenue just west of Dixon Street. The camp has been in existence for two-weeks. This afternoo ...
30 Aug 2010 - Street Roots
Happy (legal) campers— Eugene, Oregon More than a decade ago, the city of Eugene took a radical approach to common sense: faced with a homeless population it had neither the resources nor capacity to address, the city changed course and instituted a homel ...
12 Mar 2010 - Street Roots
With winter coming, the city explores where people can sleep- legally From the Oct. 2 edition of Street Roots Just as the city of Portland, service providers and advocates are seeking ways to allow homeless individuals without access to shelter “get a dec ...
15 Oct 2009 - Street Roots
BREAKING NEWS: Homeless people camp and protest once again at City Hall For the second time in less than two years, a group of homeless people are camping outside of City Hall to protest an ordinance they view as criminalizing and stopping them from getti ...
28 Sep 2009 - Street Roots
Camping ordinance being challenged The Oregon Law Center's class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Portland's camping ordinance follows in a long line of similar lawsuits filed across the country to vindicate the Constitutional ...
8 Jan 2009 - Street Roots