DIRECTOR’S DESK | This isn’t just a Portland problem; it’s an Oregon problem It is too easy to live in Portland and view homelessness as Portland’s problem. But here’s a startling perspective. Despite the fact that the Point in Time Count measured a sligh ...
17 Jan 2020 - Kaia Sand
Oregon's House speaker reflects on the session and what she sees as wins for housing, education and – yes – the environment The smoke is still clearing from the 80th Oregon State Legislative Assembly, but if there were any open wounds left from its c ...
12 Jul 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
PHOTOS | Advocates participating in the weeklong Give Us Shelter March are calling for Oregon to declare a state of emergency on housing Advocating for a state of emergency to be declared on Oregon’s housing crisis, demonstrators set off from Portland on ...
31 May 2019 - Street Roots
State tax policy should support real housing needs What does it say about Oregon’s priorities when in the midst of a low-income housing shortage, we, as taxpayers, subsidize people who buy second homes? That is what we do, and have done for decades, by al ...
8 Mar 2019 - SR editorial board
COMMENTARY | Oregon’s new law is nothing compared to efforts in some U.S. cities The new Democratic super-majority in the Oregon Legislature raised hopes for real progress on urgent issues, including affordable housing, climate change, an abysmal lack of ...
1 Mar 2019 - Mary King
Limits on no-cause evictions and rent increases are a necessary first step, but there’s more to be done The Oregon Legislature is already moving on renter protections. That’s a good sign. On Feb. 4, the Senate Housing Committee, chaired by Sen. Shemia Fag ...
1 Feb 2019 - SR editorial board
It couldn’t come at a more pivotal time Oregon Democratic lawmakers are crafting one of the most ambitious legislative packages concerning affordable housing and tenants’ rights in the country – with intentions to propose a statewide cap on rent increases ...
11 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Envision an Oregon where everyone has a right to safe, affordable, stable housing We began the day talking about the ocean, huddled around the coffee station in the Street Roots vendor office, waiting for a new pot to brew, drip by drip. One Street Roots ...
16 Nov 2018 - Kaia Sand
Rep. Keny-Guyer is considering a proposal to limit the mortgage interest deduction, whose dollars disproportionately benefit wealthy Oregonians State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer (D-Portland) said she will revisit Oregon’s largest and most popular housing subsi ...
17 Aug 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
An emphasis on sweeps is an emphasis on making life more difficult for our neighbors who live outside Mark jotted a letter on a sheet of amber-green colored paper that he tucked into a Street Roots newspaper. He did this over and over, writing letters to ...
9 Mar 2018 - Kaia Sand