The head of Canada’s Liberal government talks with street papers about ending homelessness, legalizing cannabis, immigration reform and other issues Intro and transcription by Laurent Soumis Editor’s note: Three reporter-vendors from Street Roots’ sister ...
20 Jul 2018 - Mostapha Lotfi ...
Two Street Roots vendors had been living in the camp for months without hassle On Wednesday, Jan. 10, David Samson called the Street Roots office for his fiancé, Bettyjo Griffiths. His message: Come quickly, their camp was being swept. Before Bettyjo left ...
11 Jan 2019 - Kaia Sand
PHOTOS | Advocates participating in the weeklong Give Us Shelter March are calling for Oregon to declare a state of emergency on housing Advocating for a state of emergency to be declared on Oregon’s housing crisis, demonstrators set off from Portland on ...
31 May 2019 - Street Roots
The city has only identified two of six sites, hasn’t broken ground on a single camp or released information on contracted service providers Commissioner Dan Ryan’s goal to build six city-sanctioned outdoor homeless encampments by the end of the year appe ...
27 Oct 2021 - Taylor Griggs
Advocates and officials agree: investment required beyond temporary shelter Sandra Fairbank has been unhoused for seven years, becoming homeless after leaving an abusive marriage. Since then, she has moved from camp to camp in different parts of the city ...
10 Nov 2021 - Taylor Griggs
Recent investments in congregate shelters raise questions about priorities, efficacy According to a recently announced spending plan to address homelessness jointly funded by the city of Portland and Multnomah County, local sheltering options will substan ...
24 Nov 2021 - Taylor Griggs
OPINION | Supported by Project Turnkey these shelters brough stability to those seeking safety The clear light of Umpqua Valley streamed through the Douglas firs and the cedar trees. This view surrounds people who seek to escape violence through motel-bas ...
8 Dec 2021 - Kaia Sand
A $500,000 investment in anti-homeless benches raises alarms for homeless people, advocates Laurelhurst Park is a beautiful, tree-lined park with running trails and a duck pond that sits at the heart of the Laurelhurst Neighborhood, straddling the border ...
8 Dec 2021 - Taylor Griggs
Drug overdoses and medical conditions contributed to the largest number of deaths among the 126 people who died while homeless in Multnomah County in 2020, highlighting need for services, permanent housing. The last time Hope Yamasaki saw her son was at t ...
15 Dec 2021 - Latisha Jensen
OPINION | Domicile Unknown report shows people on the streets die decades before their time For nearly a decade now, Street Roots has published the Domicile Unknown report with Multnomah County and the Multnomah County medical examiner. Named after the ca ...
15 Dec 2021 - Kaia Sand