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Homeless campers, ODOT reach settlement on sweeps

The Oregon Department of Transportation, Multnomah County and a group of homeless individuals have reached a settlement in a lawsuit challenging notice policies for camp sweeps on ODOT property. In the end, the ball moves very little, but the agreement re ...

1 Aug 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
When the safety net breaks, Portland's most vulnerable are left to pick up the pieces

The walls at Safety Net of Oregon, a nonprofit that once helped disabled people manage their federal benefits, are usually covered with collages and fake flowers. But now the plaster walls are bare except for a sign stating that there will be no tolerance ...

10 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas
Homeless campers sue ODOT over sweeps

The Oregon Law Center has taken up the case of a group of homeless people who say they have been wronged by the Oregon Department of Transportation when it cleared out their encampment in Southeast Portland. The suit maintains that the law requires ODOT t ...

18 Dec 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
Plaintiff in camping lawsuit puts award toward homeless campers

Plaintiff in camping lawsuit puts award toward homeless campers By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Leo Rhodes, one of nine plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the city over homeless camping, says he will take his small payment from the settlement and give it to, we ...

13 Sep 2012 - Street Roots
Oregon Law Center scores victory for people sleeping outside

Oregon Law Center scores victory for people sleeping outside by Joanne Zuhl Homeless campers came out the winners in a settlement with the Oregon Department of Transportation that buys them time before their property is swept from camps. The settlement, s ...

12 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
Camping ordinance being challenged

Camping ordinance being challenged The Oregon Law Center's class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Portland's camping ordinance follows in a long line of similar lawsuits filed across the country to vindicate the Constitutional ...

8 Jan 2009 - Street Roots
City's new anti-camping policy drawing fire

City's new anti-camping policy drawing fire Posted Dec. 3, 2008 Word is getting around about the city's new camping ordinance guidelines as reported in the latest Street Roots. Reporter Amanda Waldroupe sheds light on new procedures that slipped ...

4 Dec 2008 - Street Roots