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  1. Nick Fish: Trump vs. the Constitution

    COMMENTARY | Portland Commissioner Nick Fish reassures us our nation's founding principles will endure On Jan. 5, Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish delivered this keynote speech to students at the Classroom Law Project’s annual “We The People: The ...

    19 Jan 2017 - Nick Fish

  2. Mayor drops campaign, calls housing and homelessness top priorities

    'We’ve got some good things starting' Mayor Charlie Hales, fresh from announcing he will not seek reelection in 2016, says that housing and homelessness are “job one,” demanding “real time, real effort and real money.” In a call from Hales aroun ...

    26 Oct 2015 -

  3. Nick Fish: The state of our public utilities

    An annual report on the city of Portland’s water and sewer programs In February 2014, Portland was hit with a severe winter storm – snow, ice and freezing rain. Most Portlanders hunkered down at home, waiting it out.  The Portland Water Bureau worked arou ...

    1 Oct 2015 - Nick Fish

  4. A son's lessons on Father's Day

    COMMENTARY | Grateful for the examples of Joe Biden and Ham Fish Jr. On this Father’s Day, my thoughts turn to two fathers — Ham Fish and Joe Biden — and the lessons I learned from both. I have never met Joe Biden, but our families share a common bond.  M ...

    19 Jun 2015 - Nick Fish

  5. The legacy of Barney Frank

    Nick Fish reflects on the early career of Barney Frank, who continues to inspire thirty-five years later I remember the first time I met Barney Frank.  It was the summer of 1980, during his first campaign for Congress. I was a 21-year-old college student. ...

    19 Mar 2015 - Nick Fish

  6. What will it take to end homelessness?

    Portland, like many cities throughout the United States, finds itself at a crossroads. How do we collectively tackle the housing crisis and begin to really put the resources needed into ending homelessness? Anna Griffin’s series on homelessness in The Ore ...

    18 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer

  7. #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

  8. Nick Fish: A Preservation Story

    A look back at the past year in affordable housing, and the investments in play to carry it forward For the past five years, I had the privilege of leading the Portland Housing Bureau. In June, Mayor Hales gave me a new set of bureau assignments, and I pa ...

    20 Aug 2013 - Nick Fish

  9. Discrimination ban on Section 8 to become law

    For people who use a federal housing voucher subsidy to rent an apartment, one phrase has been a constant barrier: “No Section 8.” Under Oregon law, and despite a whole list of equal rights protections for renters, landlords could legally bar anyone who r ...

    27 Jul 2013 - Jake Thomas

  10. Nick Fish: Losing housing bureau 'bittersweet'

    Few City Hall pairings have been as joined at the hip as Commissioner Nick Fish and the Portland Housing Bureau. In his tenure on the City Council, Fish has been the architect of the city’s current housing and homeless operations, a defender of the social ...

    4 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff

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