Skip to main content
Street Roots Donate
Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper
For those who can't afford free speech
Twitter Facebook RSS Vimeo Instagram
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • Contact
  • Job Openings
  • Donate
  • About
  • future home
  • Vendors
  • Rose City Resource
  • Advocacy
  • Support
News
  • Social Justice
  • Housing
  • Environment
  • Culture
  • Opinion
  • Orange Fence Project
  • Podcasts
  • Vendor Profiles
  • Archives

Search results

Sort by

  • Relevance
  • sort ascendingDate

Results

  1. Experts fear crisis of ‘aged homelessness’

    Nearly 40% of all Oregonians over 65 say they are at risk of losing their homes Nancie Carlson got a notice to vacate her apartment in Klamath Falls, where she lived for the past 10 years, in December. When she found out, she was shocked. She didn’t sleep ...

    16 Mar 2022 - Piper McDaniel

  2. Portland's homeless villages use restorative justice to inform self-governance

    COMMENTARY | Resolutions Northwest teaches tiny-home residents communication, mediation skills and accountability There are many reasons someone experiencing homelessness avoids shelters. They come with myriad rules around pets and staying with a partner, ...

    1 Jun 2018 - Gabriele Ross

  3. Mayor drops campaign, calls housing and homelessness top priorities

    'We’ve got some good things starting' Mayor Charlie Hales, fresh from announcing he will not seek reelection in 2016, says that housing and homelessness are “job one,” demanding “real time, real effort and real money.” In a call from Hales aroun ...

    26 Oct 2015 -

  4. City, county pledge to invest additional $30 million to pay for housing and shelter beds

    The new investment will go to support "A Home For Everyone," a community partnership to end homelessness Mayor Charlie Hales and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury announced this morning a $30 million city and county commitment to support ne ...

    30 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer

  5. Street Roots editorial: Bold actions needed on housing emergency

    Street Roots was glad to hear that Mayor Charlie Hales declared a state of emergency on housing and homelessness in our community this week. The question now becomes: Does the mayor and other elected officials have the capacity and political will to seize ...

    24 Sep 2015 - SR editorial board

  6. Street Roots vendor profile: Edward Allen

    After four years on the streets, Edward finally has keys to his own apartment On June 8, 2015, Street Roots vendor Edward Allen moved into his new apartment with the help of Central City Concern’s BEST Team and Community Engagement Program. “I think the b ...

    30 Jun 2015 - Cole Merkel

  7. Eviction education, in a comic book form

    “Know Your Rights: Don’t Get Evicted” aims to deliver important renters’ rights information in a fun and accessible format In the comic, the renters’ attorney asks in court whether the landlord has any documentation proving the tenants are bad and should ...

    19 Jun 2015 - Jared Paben

  8. Oregonians share stories, visions for state

    Neighborhood Partnerships and the Oregon Housing Alliance asked: What do you want to see? Last month we asked community members to share their vision. We asked: What does building Oregon’s future mean to you? What would change in your life, in your experi ...

    1 Jun 2015 - Omar Carrillo

  9. Governor Kitzhaber proposes $100 million for affordable housing in new budget

    Governor John Kitzhaber’s newly proposed budget includes an unprecedented investment of $100 million to increase housing for homeless families with children – a hefty investment when compared with a similarly funded investment of only $7.5 million during ...

    1 Dec 2014 - Emily Green

  10. Organizations call for 100% of short-term rental fee to go toward affordable housing

    As organizations working to preserve and expand opportunities for low-income people to live and thrive in Portland, we support the proposal by Portland City Commissioners Dan Saltzman and Nick Fish for a dedicated stream of funding for affordable housing, ...

    23 Jul 2014 - Israel Bayer

Pages

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • next »

Filter by post date:

Filter by issue:

Filter by section:

Filter by tags:

  • Housing Remove Housing filter
  • homelessness (8) Apply homelessness filter
  • housing crisis (4) Apply housing crisis filter
  • Nick Fish (4) Apply Nick Fish filter
  • Portland (4) Apply Portland filter
  • Portland homeless (3) Apply Portland homeless filter
  • poverty (3) Apply poverty filter
  • City of Portland (2) Apply City of Portland filter
  • Healthcare (2) Apply Healthcare filter
  • HUD (2) Apply HUD filter
  • Mayor Charlie Hales (2) Apply Mayor Charlie Hales filter
  • Portland Housing Bureau (2) Apply Portland Housing Bureau filter
  • Street Roots Editorial (2) Apply Street Roots Editorial filter
  • Bed Bugs (1) Apply Bed Bugs filter
  • Bicycle Transportation Alliance (1) Apply Bicycle Transportation Alliance filter
  • BTA (1) Apply BTA filter
  • budget (1) Apply budget filter
  • Central City Concern (1) Apply Central City Concern filter
  • Charlie Hales (1) Apply Charlie Hales filter
  • Coalition for a Livable Future (1) Apply Coalition for a Livable Future filter
  • Cole Merkel (1) Apply Cole Merkel filter
  • comic book (1) Apply comic book filter
  • Community Alliance of Tenants (1) Apply Community Alliance of Tenants filter
  • Deborah Kafoury (1) Apply Deborah Kafoury filter
  • Director's Desk (1) Apply Director's Desk filter
  • domestic violence (1) Apply domestic violence filter
  • Domicile Unknown (1) Apply Domicile Unknown filter
  • eviction (1) Apply eviction filter
  • Family (1) Apply Family filter
  • For the Record (1) Apply For the Record filter
  • foreclosures (1) Apply foreclosures filter
  • Governor John Kitzhaber (1) Apply Governor John Kitzhaber filter
  • health care (1) Apply health care filter
  • health care reform (1) Apply health care reform filter
  • homeless (1) Apply homeless filter
  • Homeless deaths (1) Apply Homeless deaths filter
  • Housing and Urban Development (1) Apply Housing and Urban Development filter
  • Housing Authority of Portland (1) Apply Housing Authority of Portland filter
  • housing levy (1) Apply housing levy filter
  • Israel Bayer (1) Apply Israel Bayer filter
  • jail (1) Apply jail filter
  • Kari Koch (1) Apply Kari Koch filter
  • Kitz (1) Apply Kitz filter
  • Know Your City (1) Apply Know Your City filter
  • Multnomah County (1) Apply Multnomah County filter
  • Neighborhood Partnerships (1) Apply Neighborhood Partnerships filter
  • Oregon (1) Apply Oregon filter

Filter by author:

  • Street Roots (9) Apply Street Roots filter
  • Street Roots Staff (4) Apply Street Roots Staff filter
  • Israel Bayer (2) Apply Israel Bayer filter
  • Alex Zielinski (1) Apply Alex Zielinski filter
  • Cole Merkel (1) Apply Cole Merkel filter
  • Emily Green (1) Apply Emily Green filter
  • Gabriele Ross (1) Apply Gabriele Ross filter
  • Jared Paben (1) Apply Jared Paben filter
  • Joanne Zuhl (1) Apply Joanne Zuhl filter
  • Omar Carrillo (1) Apply Omar Carrillo filter
  • Piper McDaniel (1) Apply Piper McDaniel filter
  • SR editorial board (1) Apply SR editorial board filter
▼
Open menu
▲
Close menu
  • © 2021 Street Roots. All rights reserved. To request permission to reuse content, email editor@streetroots.org.
  • Read Street Roots' commenting policy
  • Support Street Roots

  • Like what you're reading? Street Roots is made possible by readers like you! Your support fuels our in-depth reporting, and each week brings you original news you won't find anywhere else. Thank you for your support!
  • DONATE