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  1. Mayor’s order forbidding camping in high-traffic areas leaves unhoused Portlanders with few places to go

    Portland city government has no plans to relax sweep criteria in safer areas following emergency order Mayor Ted Wheeler announced an emergency order prohibiting homeless encampments along an identified list of dangerous roadways on Feb. 4, drawing immedi ...

    23 Feb 2022 - Piper McDaniel and K. Rambo

  2. Vigil for people who died homeless to bring together housed and unhoused

    The event, on the longest night of the year, will provide a space for mourning and challenge people to help build a just community On Saturday, Dec. 21, the sun will shine for a moment directly on the Tropic of Capricorn, and the North Pole will be aimed ...

    20 Dec 2019 - Helen Hill

  3. In 2017, we lost at least 79 more people on the streets

    DIRECTOR'S DESK | The annual Domicile Unknown report on homeless deaths brings attention to the critical needs of Multnomah County's most vulnerable Kaia Sand is the executive director of Street Roots. You can reach her at kaia@streetroots.org. ...

    30 Oct 2018 - Kaia Sand

  4. In memoriam: Street Roots vendors remembered

    In 2017, we lost four Street Roots vendors; tribute planned on Homeless Persons' Memorial Day Homeless Persons’ Memorial Day happens every year on winter solstice, Dec. 21, the longest night of the year. We take time to remember our friends who we lo ...

    15 Dec 2017 - Street Roots

  5. 80 people died homeless last year in Multnomah County

    The average age of death was 49, according to the annual Domicile Unknown report Trauma, addiction, chronic health conditions and more claimed the lives of 80 people experiencing homelessness in Multomah County last year, according to the county’s just-re ...

    14 Dec 2017 - Street Roots Staff

  6. Director's Desk: Without housing, we shouldn't be shocked that someone froze to death on our streets

    Every day is life or death on the streets For people experiencing homelessness, 2017 started just like 2016 ended. Survival. On Jan. 2, Mark Elliot Johnson was found dead of hypothermia in East Portland after temperatures dipped below freezing. According ...

    4 Jan 2017 - Israel Bayer

  7. Director’s Desk: Multnomah County saw 88 deaths on the streets in 2015

    Another tragic number: The latest Domicile Unknown count is equal to the previous two years' combined The number of deaths among people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County in 2015 is the highest it has been since we began counting.  Accordi ...

    8 Sep 2016 - Israel Bayer

  8. A job well done deserves a statewide encore

    When the snowstorm ended and the ice thawed — there was a lot to celebrate. During the snowstorm, a coordinated emergency effort led by the Portland Housing Bureau and others brought together an army of city and county workers and volunteers to do outreac ...

    15 Feb 2014 - SR editorial board

  9. Looking back from the ledge: Death on the streets

    The second annual report on homeless deaths shines a light on the toll taken by the streets By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer He was one of a kind — the man in the white tuxedo and Mickey Mouse ears, playing his trumpet from a corner perch on the Hawthorne Bri ...

    10 May 2013 - Joanne Zuhl

  10. Death on the streets is cruel, premature and preventable

    Street Roots editorial Last year, 56 people died while experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County. In 2011, the figure was 47. In addition to these numbers, we know that even more people on the streets died in local hospitals that were not counted by t ...

    9 May 2013 - Street Roots Staff

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