Breaking: Safety net funding prevails in city budget hearing By Joanne Zuhl Staff Writer After months of speculation over budget cuts and service reductions, Portland’s safety net for the homeless and poor has tentatively been restored in this morning’s C ...
30 May 2012 - Street Roots
Fish pledges enforcement, education against housing discrimination By Joanne Zuhl Staff Writer An audit of the city’s fair housing practices completed nearly four months ago has recently set tongues wagging over what the city is going to do with the high ...
12 May 2011 - Street Roots
PDC unloads affordable housing obligation in North Macadam The League of Women Voters is calling on the city to stand behind its agreement to build affordable housing in the North Macadam Urban Renewal Area after an preliminary agreement indicates the Por ...
23 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Winter has definitely arrived, if not officially, than at least in spirit. But in all kinds of weather you can find your local neighborhood vendor with the newest edition of Street Roots, out Friday morning. Check out the latest and greatest ...
10 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
The life of Leo Rhodes Leo Rhodes is a Street Roots vendor, columnist, board member and homeless advocate. His work has been highlighted in the newspaper throughout 2009. He sells the newspaper almost daily in the Hollywood neighborhood in Northeast and h ...
1 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
Housing Bureau is moving The offices are moving, in part, due to the merger of the Bureau of Housing and Community Development and aspects of the Portland Development Commission; the combined agency will now be known as the Portland Housing Bureau. The st ...
6 Nov 2009 - Street Roots
With winter coming, the city explores where people can sleep- legally From the Oct. 2 edition of Street Roots Just as the city of Portland, service providers and advocates are seeking ways to allow homeless individuals without access to shelter “get a dec ...
15 Oct 2009 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! Beat the chill with the hot, hot, hot edition of Street Roots, homemade and hand-delivered by your local vendor. Here’s what will be warming your cockles tomorrow morning: High-flying Hawk: Skateboard phenom Tony Hawk twists, turns and soars ...
1 Oct 2009 - Street Roots
Motel limbo- some of Portland’s motels hide a troubling side to homelessness From the August 24 edition of Street Roots The first thing you notice when you enter Tiffany Shepard and Patricia Schafer’s motel room is the darkness, especially in contrast to ...
2 Sep 2009 - Street Roots
Is Seattle kicking Portland's booty? While Portland City Council debates sit-lie citywide, baseball stadiums, parking lots and signage – Seattle’s appears to be kicking our collective butts. Portland continues to struggle with a debate over a past he ...
4 Jun 2009 - Street Roots