Every Tuesday, volunteers of Central Oregon Veterans Outreach visit homeless camps outside Bend, bringing with them basic supplies and human connection BEND, Ore. – It is quiet and still in the juniper forests north of Bend as four volunteer outreach work ...
4 May 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Hit hard during the recession, the small city is now in the midst of an economic boom. Home construction is soaring – but so are rents. And low-income housing remains elusive. PRINEVILLE, Ore. – On the eastern edge of Prineville is a 76-acre piece of land ...
27 Apr 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
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
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
Rural Oregon is experiencing one of the worst housing crises of our lifetime Elizabeth Reyes grew up in Lincoln City. The small tourist town on the Oregon Coast is her home, where she works full time and spends her money, where her children go to school. ...
1 Dec 2017 - Joanne Zuhl