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  1. Break it up!

    Transforming a parking lot into a garden area for people staying in a homeless shelter More than 100 volunteers arrived on Saturday morning, July 30, ready and willing to help nonprofit organizations Depave and Human Solutions tear out 4,000 square feet o ...

    8 Aug 2016 - Joseph Glode

  2. Shut out

    Rental assistance is a proven tool for ending and preventing homelessness. Too bad Portland’s housing market isn’t cooperating. Julius Brown and his fiancée, Denise William, thought they had found the perfect home after moving into a two-bedroom apartment ...

    4 Aug 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe

  3. Portland homeless family shelter offers a refuge in the storm

    As Multnomah County’s first year-round homeless shelter prepares to open, service providers aim to help families become stable, but not too complacent Three weeks ago, Jake P.; his wife, Christina; and their 8-month-old child became homeless.  One month a ...

    4 Feb 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe

  4. #MyHomePDX: How does supporting people in poverty help our community?

    Street Roots recently asked civic leaders around Portland, “How does supporting people in poverty help our community?” The project was inspired by the #MyHomePDX campaign on Twitter, recently launched by Street Roots and allies to talk about homelessness ...

    1 Jan 2014 - Street Roots Staff

  5. Hunger at home in suburbia

    Food insecurity a primary benchmark in our rising suburban poverty It’s lunchtime at Alder Elementary in the east Portland suburb of Gresham, and even though it’s summer, the school’s gym-turned-cafeteria is packed with children. There are about 80 grade ...

    15 Aug 2013 - Nathan Gilles

  6. Local Voices: Suburban poverty

    What people are saying around Portland about suburban poverty “We are seeing more and more calls coming to City Hall. Our staff get three to five phone calls a week from people seeking help of various kinds. Prior to the recession we did not get any calls ...

    26 Jun 2013 - Joanne Zuhl

  7. Poverty figures unlikely to change course anytime soon

    Poverty figures unlikely to change course anytime soon By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Census figures released Tuesday put on paper what many of us have known for a long time. Times are tough, getting tougher. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s figures, t ...

    26 Sep 2011 - Street Roots

  8. Two worlds from Ukraine & Somali living together under one roof in East Portland

    Two worlds from Ukraine & Somali living together under one roof in East Portland [caption id="attachment_4208" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="Children from Lincoln Woods play their regular game of soccer. Pho ...

    13 Oct 2010 - Street Roots

  9. Loss of low-cost housing routing poor from downtown

    Loss of low-cost housing routing poor from downtown Affordable housing for Portland’s poorest residents has declined significantly in the city center, even as more high-end housing increased. According to the Central City Housing Inventory, released in Ju ...

    1 Sep 2009 - Street Roots

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