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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
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
State should support innovative programs to house students

There were nearly 3,200 unaccompanied minor students in Oregon schools in the 2012-13 school year, according to the Department of Education. But those numbers only represent the children reported to the department by their school district’s homeless liais ...

20 Oct 2014 - SR editorial board
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
For the Record April 11-24, 2014

-Percent of runaway youth served by Multnomah County Runaway Youth Services that are reunited with their families: 85-Number of passengers PDX received from flights in February: 1,025,571-Number of flight operations PDX saw in February: 14,877-Percent of O ...

22 Apr 2014 - Street Roots Staff
For the Record: Jan 31-Feb 13, 2014

• Average income needed to afford a one-bedroom apartment in Multnomah County: $17,720 • Average annual Social Security payment for retired workers in Multnomah County: $12,861 • Number of hours per week a worker earning minimum wage must work to afford a ...

10 Feb 2014 - Street Roots Staff
‘I’m a lot stronger than I thought I was’

How one man is building a better life from the ground up It was Kyler Buzalsky’s nature of acceptance that attracted me to his story. I teach dialectical behavior therapy, among other subjects, and if ever there was a poster child for cool, calm detachmen ...

21 Oct 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar
Age of Inocente

Inocente gained fame in the Oscar-winning documentary “Inocente,” which shows her pursuing her dream to be an artist. Her paintings exhibit a sense of whimsy, and sometimes, her face is the canvas. As a homeless teen, Inocente dreamed of a better life. Bu ...

9 Oct 2013 - Rosette Royale
Hard focus

Homeless youth tell their side with Project Viewfinder By Erin Fenner, Staff Writer About four months ago, approximately a dozen people who were homeless or transitioning out of homelessness got together in a room to discuss what sort of film they wanted ...

1 May 2013 - Erin Fenner
Plugged in with Artist Mentorship Program (AMP)

Plugged in with Artist Mentorship Program (AMP) [caption id="attachment_4267" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Youth play in a jam session at the Artist Mentorship Program (AMP). Photo by Ken Hawkins"] [/cap ...

27 Oct 2010 - Street Roots