By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer “No Section 8.” It’s just one line at the end of a Craigslist or newspaper ad, but these three words can prevent some of Oregon’s poorest and most vulnerable people from obtaining much-needed housing. Now a politician who has ...
8 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
by Aaron Burkhalter, Contributing Writer Section 8 is hard enough to come by, but those who are duped by fake websites that appeared Feb. 4 on Google, Bing and Yahoo may have no chance at all. The Seattle Housing Authority opened registration for the Sect ...
6 Mar 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Housing program makes gains as agencies join forces to overcome barriers By Robert Britt, Staff Writer After five years of federal buildup and more than six months of focus from community partners, the nation’s largest program to house homeless veterans s ...
25 Mar 2013 - Robert Britt
Progress of a bill that would prohibit discrimination against Section 8 tenants has slowed due to last minute intense, delicate negotiations between landlord and tenant advocacy groups. But it is still expected to pass the Oregon Legislature, largely due ...
13 Jun 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
An affordable rental housing crisis is taking place. More than 1,700 men, women, and children are sleeping outside every night. Another 1,000 people are sleeping in emergency shelters and temporary motel rooms. People with modest income continue to be hom ...
14 Jun 2013 - Bobby Weinstock
For people who use a federal housing voucher subsidy to rent an apartment, one phrase has been a constant barrier: “No Section 8.” Under Oregon law, and despite a whole list of equal rights protections for renters, landlords could legally bar anyone who r ...
27 Jul 2013 - Jake Thomas
Food insecurity a primary benchmark in our rising suburban poverty It’s lunchtime at Alder Elementary in the east Portland suburb of Gresham, and even though it’s summer, the school’s gym-turned-cafeteria is packed with children. There are about 80 grade ...
15 Aug 2013 - Nathan Gilles
Charles was homeless and looking rough. He was pushing a shopping cart and living under the Burnside Bridge when he was referred to Northwest Pilot Project. He was 56 years old. He had been an unofficial apartment building manager for fifteen years. He l ...
21 Nov 2013 - Susan Emmons
-Percent of runaway youth served by Multnomah County Runaway Youth Services that are reunited with their families: 85-Number of passengers PDX received from flights in February: 1,025,571-Number of flight operations PDX saw in February: 14,877-Percent of O ...
22 Apr 2014 - Street Roots Staff
The greater-Portland area is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Not only does need drastically outweigh availability — with some waiting years to access housing within their financial means — those who do obtain affordable homes often find them ...
13 Aug 2014 - Emily Green