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  1. As Central Oregon's population spikes, so does its housing crisis

    The region is now beset with a housing shortage and an increase in homelessness. How will it respond as it continues to grow? BEND, Ore. – Sarah Kelley is exponentially busier than she was four years ago.  Kelley is the executive director of Thrive Centra ...

    13 Apr 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe

  2. In rural Oregon, trips to food banks are the new normal

    In towns such as Junction City, rising housing costs push families to pantries to fill monthly budget gaps Walking through the immaculate, well-organized aisles of Junction City Local Aid’s food pantry, Jeanie Burr chatted happily with volunteer Peggy Sal ...

    2 Mar 2018 - Thacher Schmid

  3. Director’s Desk: Hateful acts against the homeless and the need to go big on housing

    Trump's grave promises make local and state housing legislation essential In the past few months, a bar owner brandished an assault rifle at police. He was drunk and upset at individuals experiencing homelessness in the community. Another man tossed ...

    16 Mar 2017 - Israel Bayer

  4. Power in the printed word: 'Housekeys not handcuffs'

    ‘House Keys Not Handcuffs’ is an insightful testimony to the trials and triumphs of the homeless Paul Boden’s “ House Keys Not Handcuffs,” a dramatic and disconcerting book on homeless organizing, art and policy in San Francisco and elsewhere, begins with ...

    28 Jul 2015 - Paul Von Blum

  5. Director's Desk: Gentrification a sweet tune for the privileged

    If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator of how much Black Lives Matter in Portland — then we are failing, badly. The latest 2015 Multnomah County Homeless Count was released in early June. If homelessness, housing and wages are any indicator ...

    29 Jun 2015 - Israel Bayer

  6. 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

  7. Can 31 cents per hour change the world?

    There has been a lot of discussion about income inequality in our country lately — we are living in a time when wealth is concentrated among the richest Americans, and the gap between the richest and everyone else is the widest it’s been since the 1920’s. ...

    1 Dec 2014 - Michael Buonocore

  8. For the record Feb 28-March 13, 2014

    • Percentage of low-income Oregon families who pay more than half their income on housing: 80 • Percentage of Oregon children living in poverty in 2011: 25 • School children in Oregon who were homeless in 2013: 20,000 • Hours per week a worker earning min ...

    1 Mar 2014 - Street Roots Staff

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