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  1. City, county looking for landlords to house homeless veterans

    Despite veterans’ access to vouchers and funding, finding landlords willing to rent to them has been a challenge With approximately 360 Portland-area veterans still in need of housing, city and county officials are pleading with landlords to consider taki ...

    24 Jul 2015 - Emily Green

  2. Let’s make things right on housing

    This year both the City of Portland and Multnomah County launched A Home For Everyone, a new plan to address housing and homelessness in our community. Mayor Charlie Hales and city housing commissioner, Dan Saltzman, along with Multnomah County Chair Debo ...

    17 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board

  3. It’s time to turn the urgency around housing into action

    The Home For Everyone board recently submitted recommendations to the City of Portland and Multnomah County. Home For Everyone is a plan to bring the community together to oversee an array of complex services to deliver the best outcomes for ending indivi ...

    26 Mar 2015 - Israel Bayer

  4. How understanding the neurobiology of trauma helps Portland police work with domestic violence survivors

    "Becky” was in a state of disbelief. One week ago she told her boyfriend she was pregnant. Now he was handing her a hat, insisting, Becky says, that she cover up the bleeding wound he had allegedly inflicted to the back of her head only moments earli ...

    20 Jan 2015 - Emily Green

  5. Bold moves a good start to prioritizing people

    Bold. That’s the word we would use to describe Multnomah County right now. Multnomah County Chair Marissa Madrigal and the County Commissioners are going big. A new $1.4 million mental health program to prevent people experiencing mental health problems f ...

    9 May 2014 - SR editorial board

  6. Affordable rental housing crisis hasn’t budged in recovery, a call to redouble our efforts

    The lowest income households in Multnomah County face a severe challenge in acquiring apartments affordable at their income level. This forces many very poor households to rent housing that consumes the majority of their monthly income leaving little for ...

    7 Mar 2014 - Bobby Weinstock

  7. A job well done deserves a statewide encore

    When the snowstorm ended and the ice thawed — there was a lot to celebrate. During the snowstorm, a coordinated emergency effort led by the Portland Housing Bureau and others brought together an army of city and county workers and volunteers to do outreac ...

    15 Feb 2014 - SR editorial board

  8. Street homelessness on the rise in Multnomah County

    A new report released today by the City of Portland and Multnomah County shows a 10 percent increase in street homelessness since 2011. The latest 2013 Point-in-time count conducted by the city and county showed 2,869 individuals who were homeless — meani ...

    14 Jun 2013 - Israel Bayer

  9. City, county gear up for one-night count of homeless

    Staff reports Outreach workers from organizations throughout Portland and Multnomah County will be out at the end of January trying to determine exactly how many people are homeless in this area. The work is in partnership with Portland and Multnomah Coun ...

    28 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff

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