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Feds: Don’t criminalize homeless for camping

The Department of Justice’s statement could  affect the future of Portland’s camping ban People experiencing homelessness and their advocates got a powerful new ally in their corner when it comes to decriminalizing sleeping outdoors — the U.S. Department ...

14 Aug 2015 - Emily Green
Legal limbo: Safety Net of Oregon’s payee trials continue

It’s been four months and John Munro still doesn’t know where his money is or when he’ll see it. Munro entrusted a $130,000 inheritance to Safety Net of Oregon, a now shuttered Portland nonprofit that was tasked with administering the federal disability a ...

7 Aug 2014 - Jake Thomas
Homeless campers, ODOT reach settlement on sweeps

The Oregon Department of Transportation, Multnomah County and a group of homeless individuals have reached a settlement in a lawsuit challenging notice policies for camp sweeps on ODOT property. In the end, the ball moves very little, but the agreement re ...

1 Aug 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
Gaps in oversight leave clients vulnerable in nation’s multi-billion-dollar payee system

It could have happened in any town in any state. The checks were supposed to be deposited and used to pay for rent, utilities, food and other necessities for a disabled individual. The official report found otherwise. In 2012, an investigator from Columbi ...

8 May 2014 - Jake Thomas
When the safety net breaks, Portland's most vulnerable are left to pick up the pieces

The walls at Safety Net of Oregon, a nonprofit that once helped disabled people manage their federal benefits, are usually covered with collages and fake flowers. But now the plaster walls are bare except for a sign stating that there will be no tolerance ...

10 Apr 2014 - Jake Thomas
Judge orders immediate restraining order against Social Security to protect disability clients

U.S. Judge Marco Hernandez ruled on March 26 that the Social Security Administration (SSA) improperly handled the clients of a nonprofit organization that is shutting down amidst a federal investigation. Earlier this month, Safety Net of Oregon was served ...

26 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
Breaking: Oregon Law Center, Disability Rights Oregon file lawsuit against Social Security Administration

Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center have filed a class action lawsuit against the Social Security Administration, alleging that its handling of a troubled nonprofit organization is illegal and imperils the financial stability of hundreds of ...

24 Mar 2014 - Jake Thomas
Camp sweeps shouldn’t be inhumane

Lawsuits seldom provide the most compelling reads. But the stories told in the recent filing by the Oregon Law Center are personal and disturbing. It tells the story of several Portland men and women experiencing homelessness, who after losing everything ...

26 Dec 2013 - SR editorial board
Homeless campers sue ODOT over sweeps

The Oregon Law Center has taken up the case of a group of homeless people who say they have been wronged by the Oregon Department of Transportation when it cleared out their encampment in Southeast Portland. The suit maintains that the law requires ODOT t ...

18 Dec 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
Plaintiff in camping lawsuit puts award toward homeless campers

Plaintiff in camping lawsuit puts award toward homeless campers By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Leo Rhodes, one of nine plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the city over homeless camping, says he will take his small payment from the settlement and give it to, we ...

13 Sep 2012 - Street Roots