Nick Fish delivers the state of housing, a Portland story By Nick Fish, Contributing Columnist This week I presented my fourth housing budget to the City Council. It is a good time to reflect on the progress we have made together, the challenges we face, ...
24 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Parks bureau to create new rangers to patrol public parks BY JAKE THOMAS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Portland Parks and Recreation’s contract for downtown security services is coming up for renewal. And with the season’s change is in the air. Currently, a subsid ...
12 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
Portland gets funding for people living with HIV/AIDS on the skids Back in March Street Roots reported on people experiencing homelessness with HIV/AIDS with the story Positive in poverty. In 2010, we also reported on the HIV/AIDS community losing funding ...
27 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
Fish rolls out fair housing plan, answers allegations of going soft on landlords By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Housing Commissioner Nick Fish rolled out his fair housing action plan this morning in reaction to an audit earlier this year that found consider ...
10 Jun 2011 - Street Roots
Fish pledges enforcement, education against housing discrimination By Joanne Zuhl Staff Writer An audit of the city’s fair housing practices completed nearly four months ago has recently set tongues wagging over what the city is going to do with the high ...
12 May 2011 - Street Roots
Street Roots joins housing group on a two-day peer learning trip to Seattle Street Roots is joining Commissioner Nick Fish later today (by bus due to a mudslide along the Amtrak line) — along with an array of city and county representatives, the Portland ...
2 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times at the Portland Housing Bureau The past two years at the Portland Housing Bureau have seen some enormous changes, ranging from the merger of the Bureau and Housing and Community Development and portions ...
24 Feb 2011 - Street Roots
City pumps $1 million into housing bottleneck By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Portland Housing Bureau announced this month how it plans to spend a $1 million special allocation to address the rise in homelessness in Portland. The money is being used ...
5 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Proposals sought on $1 million for homeless programs By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Portland Housing Bureau plans to solicit proposals from social-service agencies on Aug. 26 on how to spend a special appropriation of $1 million for homeless and ho ...
30 Aug 2010 - Street Roots
Man of the hour — Nick Fish In the cavernous meeting hall of the Governor Hotel, as 200 people dined at the REACH Community Development Corporation’s annual donor luncheon, Nick Fish was seated off in a corner at the table with members of the newly create ...
23 Dec 2009 - Street Roots