PART III: In Philadelphia and across the nation, activists have won big using militant tactics Protest signs remain outside the Red House on Mississippi Avenue in North Portland on Jan. 9, 2021. Photos by Henry Brannan About this series As the current hou ...
24 Feb 2021 - Henry Brannan
Realtors’ efforts paved the way for the dire lack of housing solutions in Josephine County Grants Pass, the hub of Southern Oregon’s Josephine County, just saw its plan for a short-term homeless shelter collapse under the pressure of community opposition. ...
24 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
The Grants Pass City Council had approved the shelter, but under pressure from neighbors, the building's owners initially pulled out Read Street Roots' news series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County ...
24 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Prepare to step up locally, in case the feds don’t The crisis of affordable housing can only be met by a well-funded government program to buy, renovate and build excellent public housing. The private sector has not and will not m ...
17 Feb 2021 - Mary King
Achieving even temporary shelter in this conservative Southern Oregon county was no simple task This story is part of a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephine County. Update April 7: On April 5, Rogue Retreat an ...
10 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach
Portland officials must give residents more time and other options As the executive director of Trash for Peace, a nonprofit that provides sustainability education and low-barrier job opportunities in waste prevention and recycling, I have seen first-hand ...
10 Feb 2021 - Laura Kutner To...
The city of Portland should work with houseless people, not displace them from stable communities like Hazelnut Grove A cross the U.S. on a daily basis, city officials order unhoused people swept — evicted — out of ostensible concern for their health and ...
10 Feb 2021 - Erin Goodling
OPINION | It is a tragically flawed decision to evict people from Hazelnut Grove when people are living and dying on the streets F rom the Overlook bluff, I looked down at Hazelnut Grove, nestled among evergreen trees and brush. Then I took in the larger ...
9 Feb 2021 - Kaia Sand
PART II: Organizers of a motel occupation in Tacoma, Washington, were influenced by similar actions in Portland and other cities across the U.S. Protest signs remain outside the Red House on Mississippi Avenue in North Portland on Jan. 9, 2021. Photos by ...
3 Feb 2021 - Henry Brannan
In a part of Southern Oregon notorious for its dearth of affordable housing, a family is at risk of losing the RVs that have kept them off the street This is the first part in a series examining housing and homelessness issues in Southern Oregon’s Josephi ...
3 Feb 2021 - Hanna Merzbach