play a major role in Portland’s controversial mass homeless camps. Mayor Ted Wheeler announced the city ... is the right team for the city of Portland.” The announcement came after months of speculation in ... this because we share a special bond with society’s most vulnerable — and because we see ourselves in ...
15 Mar 2023 - Piper McDaniel
homeless initiatives, an affordable housing bond program and housing voucher program, in addition to owning ... a flagship rehousing project offering temporary transitional housing to homeless people. Washington County ... homelessness and adopt evidence-based approaches to serving the unhoused. The county joined Housing and Urban ...
3 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel
for Portland to yank voter-approved bond funding for mental health and addictions services and rent ... housing that Portland owns and operates either solo or in tandem with Multnomah County and Metro. Should ... into housing already available in Portland’s neighborhoods. The city should be negotiating discounted ...
7 May 2022 - Street Roots
Washington County chair will also be up for re-election. 3. Track the implementation of housing bond and ... 2016 (and I’ll write an update on all the housing projects in the coming months). Both the Portland ... Housing Bond and Metro Bond have public oversight meetings. While those bonds were both big victories, ...
5 Jan 2022 - Kaia Sand
Black folks in Portland. That vision has since evolved into the AfroVillage movement. One of the ... as community service stations, making it the first project of its kind in Portland. The opportunity ... Award at the MAX Cars Reuse Competition hosted by Portland State University’s Center for Public Interest ...
26 Jan 2022 - Latisha Jensen
opportunity to vote for a Metro Regional Housing Bond in that same election. And on March 7, the Portland ... them to make more housing affordable to more people. A few weeks ago, Mark traveled to Salem with ... several other Street Roots vendors and a busload of Oregon Housing Alliance advocates to argue for the ...
9 Mar 2018 - Kaia Sand
Follow her on Twitter @mkaiasand I also knew that they had housing not long ago with David’s father in ... staying in the neighborhood. During the recent election, they propped up a “Yes for Affordable Housing ... ” lawn sign, explaining that they all needed affordable housing, and they were proud to support the ...
11 Jan 2019 - Kaia Sand
individuals in downtown Portland. I urge them to pursue this. And how are housed Portlanders contributing to ... One constructive approach right now is to pass the Metro Housing Bond this November, which would put ... people arrested in Portland last year were homeless. Rebecca Woolington and Melissa Lewis reported in ...
6 Jul 2018 - Kaia Sand