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Oregon’s legislative session adjourns

Legislative session ends with a mixed bag on housing issues as human toll continues The 2023 Oregon Legislature convened Jan. 17. Melisa Blake died from hypothermia four days later in a downtown Salem parking lot. Legislators came to Salem with an energet ...

12 Jul 2023 - Tom Henderson
SR Editorial: Homelessness too complex for one fix-all solution

Each idea brings controversy with it, but none will solve all of Portland's housing issues Time and again, despite the rhetoric, we are reminded that homelessness is not a one-dimensional issue. It is the byproduct of the unlimited combinations of ec ...

28 Jul 2016 - Street Roots
Director’s Desk: With no housing and another trip to the E.R. How will Simon’s story end?

Homelessness is anything but normal Standing in line waiting for dinner after a long day, a day after returning from vacation, I checked my email. It was a hospital social worker. Simon was in the emergency room again. The fourth time this week. It was a ...

14 Jul 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: America's homeless emergency is mandmade. It can be solved.

The federal government needs to step up on homeless funding, policies Homelessness is hell, especially during the winter months. This past week, during one of the downpours, I witnessed a homeless woman so soaked to the bone that she simply sat down in th ...

10 Dec 2015 - Israel Bayer
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 -
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
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
Solution to the housing crisis starts with us

There’s a lot of reason to celebrate this Independence Day. July Fourth is a time to look back on the founding of the United States and the documents that shape and control our democracy. We saw the system at its best during the last days of June: the Sup ...

7 Jul 2015 - Janet Byrd
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
Facing a new opportunity for affordable housing

Those who envision an Oregon where every person has opportunity that comes with a safe, decent, affordable home are fortunate to live in 2015. The moment is pregnant with opportunity. Every day, more and more conversations are popping up about homelessnes ...

18 Feb 2015 - Matt Kinshella