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  1. Commentary: She's the head of the household, and she's only 17

    Susan is an attractive, well-spoken young woman who works as a receptionist at a small trucking company.  She is the sole support of a family of three and is a full-time student with solid plans for the future.   Her two dependents have medical issues and ...

    7 May 2015 - Mary Metheney

  2. Homeless students, on their own, wait for a second home

    Josiah is nearly 18; he will graduate from high school in June.  He is enrolled in honors level classes and is a scholar athlete. A model handsome, well-groomed young man, he appears to have the world on a string. But Josiah is homeless. When he speaks ab ...

    24 Apr 2015 - Mary Metheney

  3. Our state needs more homes; let’s get started

    Oregonians are responsible and empathetic. We don’t want to see our neighbors suffer, and often we’re compelled to act when that suffering becomes obvious. At some level we all understand our fates are linked. But Oregonians are also human, which means we ...

    27 Mar 2015 - Matt Kinshella

  4. Facing a new opportunity for affordable housing

    Those who envision an Oregon where every person has opportunity that comes with a safe, decent, affordable home are fortunate to live in 2015. The moment is pregnant with opportunity. Every day, more and more conversations are popping up about homelessnes ...

    18 Feb 2015 - Matt Kinshella

  5. Home Work: How some schools are creating innovative solutions for unaccompanied homeless students

    Every day, the small boy wakes up behind the Safeway grocery store. He packs all of his belongings in a backpack, cleans up at a gym and heads off to school. His mother and her new boyfriend live in a van parked in front of the store. She doesn’t want her ...

    8 Oct 2014 - Jacques Von Lunen

  6. Oregon's child poverty rate hit 18 percent in 2008

    Oregon's child poverty rate hit 18 percent in 2008 New 2008 census figures released today show nearly one in six Northwest children live in households below the poverty line, according to Sightline Institute, a nonprofit think tank in Seattle. While ...

    6 Oct 2009 - Street Roots

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