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How social services, tech are merging to help people on the streets

Apps like PDXShelter are cropping up nationwide to address gaps in services for people experiencing homelessness It seems there’s always “an app for that.” They range from the practical — paying for parking, communicating with friends, navigating a new ar ...

7 Jul 2016 - Rianna Hidalgo
Integrated city, county effort best approach to homelessness

COMMENTARY | A joint office would respond to the needs of people experiencing homelessness An accident brought Sara to a homeless shelter last year. Hit by a car and left unable to work, she quickly discovered that disability benefits were too little to c ...

12 Apr 2016 - Deborah Kafoury and Dan Saltzman
Director’s Desk: Portland's housing crisis, today and tomorrow

A year-end roundup of what’s shaking on the homeless and housing front People ask Street Roots why we aren’t covering more of the housing crisis in the newspaper. It’s a simple answer for a complex problem: We pride ourselves on publishing original conten ...

23 Dec 2015 - Israel Bayer
Editorial: Mixed messages muddle positive steps in homeless crisis

Officials are making strides on policy, but authorities are still sweeping camps By now the homeless and housing emergency recognized up and down the West Coast has been well documented, with lawmakers and organizations rallying to push major improvements ...

17 Dec 2015 - SR editorial board
Director’s Desk: What you can do to help people on the streets

Today, making your voice heard about homelessness is more important than it has been in years Everywhere I go, people ask me, “What can I do to help people experiencing homelessness? I feel helpless, and I’m not sure my voice actually matters.” What do I ...

22 Oct 2015 - Israel Bayer
What will it take to end homelessness?

Portland, like many cities throughout the United States, finds itself at a crossroads. How do we collectively tackle the housing crisis and begin to really put the resources needed into ending homelessness? Anna Griffin’s series on homelessness in The Ore ...

18 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer
Ending homelessness starts with human rights

A common misnomer in many communities, including Portland, is that when you offer services to people experiencing homelessness and poverty, you attract more people experiencing homelessness. We call it the magnet myth. The reality is this kind of thinking ...

30 Jan 2015 - Israel Bayer
Homeless plans come and go, but progress needs sustainability

The story of ending people’s homelessness in our community and around the country over the past 30 years is so dysfunctional it’s hard to explain to the general public what’s worked and what hasn’t worked. A little history might help. Between the years of ...

29 Sep 2014 - Israel Bayer
Let’s give people something to believe in

It’s time to embrace the idea of organized camping and the Tiny House Movement in Portland for people experiencing poverty. We are now three decades into to the rise of massive homelessness in the United States. During that time we’ve seen tens of billion ...

16 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer
A homeless “czar” one option to ending homelessness

The Fourth of July has come and gone, and its passing has ushered in the start of summer in Portland. With summer comes the bounty of fresh local produce, the endless summer nights and evening dinners out on the patio. Summer also brings with it an incr ...

24 Jul 2014 - M. Nels Johnson