As the U.S. Supreme Court considers Grants Pass v. Johnson, addressing homelessness requires more work, regardless of outcome Cassy Leach woke up early on April 22, the day the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Grants Pass v. Johnson across the c ...
8 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Nonprofit managing city shelter sites spent thousands of dollars and countless hours garnering officials’ favor without reporting lobbying, Portland City Auditor finds The Portland City Auditor determined California-based homelessness nonprofit Urban Alch ...
1 May 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
The Oregon town’s homeless residents say it is impossible to avoid being punished for having no place to live Laura Gutowski lives just down the street from the Grants Pass home she resided in for 25 years. Her son used to play baseball in Morrison Centen ...
3 Apr 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Emergency shelters opened quickly and were widely used, but critics say their untimely closure deserves scrutiny The Multnomah County medical examiner is investigating four suspected hypothermia deaths in Portland, after temperatures dropped well below fr ...
31 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
The Supreme Court will review a lower court decision barring cities’ criminalization of homelessness In a decision expected to have far-reaching consequences for homelessness policy in the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed Jan.12 to review a lo ...
12 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 3: Local outreach workers see improvements, but say lack of a clear process disrupts care and trust at Urban Alchemy-run villages Two local outreach workers sat in a van parked outside Southeast Portland's Reedway Safe Rest Village, or SRV, on a ...
10 Jan 2024 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 2: Urban Alchemy settled a $1 million lawsuit days after Portland opened a UA-operated shelter site in July. The class action suit, brought by an employee in California, speaks to concerns about the organization’s model. Two days after the Clinton Tr ...
27 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
The sister of one homeless Portlander who died in 2022 says her brother struggled but brought beauty into his world Editor’s note: This story discusses sexual abuse. Jeremy Hofmann was just seven years old when his life changed forever. “That’s, I think, ...
20 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Part 1: Portland brought in a California nonprofit to run its temporary shelter sites amid criticism. Homeless Portlanders find hope and disappointment in the promise of a sanctioned space to live. When Mayor Ted Wheeler's then-senior advisor, Sam Ad ...
13 Dec 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden
Oregon Law Center lawsuit argues city ordinance violates Oregon constitution, asks for temporary injunctive relief for homeless Portlanders A Multnomah County Circuit Court judge approved an Oregon Law Center, or OLC, request for a temporary injunction No ...
9 Nov 2023 - Jeremiah Hayden