One example: Parkrose neighborhood's trash collection program – which cost nothing During the spring and summer last year, Gilligan, a 40-year-old homeless man who lives in the Parkrose neighborhood along the Columbia Slough, took handfuls of garbage ...
28 Jul 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
The program will help dozens of people on fixed incomes pay their rent After Carolyn Lambert, 64, had a stroke last year, she knew she would need help keeping a roof over her head. Her only income is Social Security Insurance, which leaves her with $11 a ...
23 Jun 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
Trump's budget cuts threaten to unravel Portland's success housing veterans After living his car, homeless, for a little over a year, Daniel Kallunki moved into a one-bedroom apartment near Troutdale last November, less than a month after receiv ...
26 May 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
The new complex is met with high demand, but some housing advocates question the fairness of the application process It is 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and close to two dozen people wait outside the doors of Catholic Charities’ main Portland office on t ...
9 Feb 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
The state is reopening the application process after the first round revealed inherent challenges There is hardly a population of people who face more barriers to securing affordable housing than those who live with severe mental illnesses, such as schizo ...
29 Dec 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Murray Cox is examining the impact of the homestay company on gentrification and vacancy rates Murray Cox was teaching children in Brooklyn, N.Y., about maps and statistics related to gentrification when he began to think about how Airbnb might be contrib ...
19 Nov 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe