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Director’s Desk: Lawsuit punctuates fight to sleep in peace

Dignity Village co-founder Jack Tafari led a fight that continues 16 years later Call it irony, or possibly a simple twist of fate, that Jack Tafari, an iconic leader who helped co-found Dignity Village and fight against Portland’s camping ban, passed awa ...

21 Apr 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: What’s happening on the homeless front

From the Legislature to the Portland mayor's office to you It’s a question I get a lot: Israel, can you explain to me what’s going on out there? Let’s start with Salem. Housing legislation is moving forward on important eviction protections, inclusio ...

25 Feb 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: We’re inviting ourselves inside your home

It’s not easy being homeless. Just imagine. A student asked me this week why some of the homeless camps are so hard to keep clean. I asked the student to imagine: The entire world stepped inside your home at this very moment. Not just anyone, but every ...

11 Feb 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Times call for a fresh approach to tent cities

Tent cities might not be popular, but they're a lot more effective than doing nothing It’s time for the city and county to support scaling up the tent city model in our region. Being able to find a permanent location for Right 2 Dream Too on the east ...

3 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
Vendor Leo Rhodes: A tent city is always a work in progress

A tent city like Right 2 Dream Too starts with a core group of people and some brainstorming The idea is simple: Give the homeless a safe, secure place to be. A core group of people gets together and starts brainstorming, on getting support, infrastructur ...

6 Aug 2015 - Leo Rhodes
21st century tent city: a photo feature

A look inside the Seattle community of Tent City 3, established years ago by people experiencing homelessness and sanctioned by the city Tent cities — organized and run by people experiencing homelessness — are becoming de facto living options in times of ...

29 Jul 2015 - Street Roots
Let’s give people something to believe in

It’s time to embrace the idea of organized camping and the Tiny House Movement in Portland for people experiencing poverty. We are now three decades into to the rise of massive homelessness in the United States. During that time we’ve seen tens of billion ...

16 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer
Tent city part deux? Homeless individuals in Clackamas County look to Right 2 Dream Too as a model

On any given evening along the dark, wooded perimeters of the Springwater Corridor in Clackamas County, more than 50 homeless individuals tuck themselves in for the night and hope for the best — or, at least a good night’s rest. To many, uninterrupted sle ...

20 May 2014 - Alex Zielinski
Developers pitch buyout of R2DToo lot, and $850,000 toward rest stop's future home

Pearl District developers want Right 2 Dream Too out of their neighborhood, so much so that they’re willing to pony up more than $846,000 toward the homeless groups future home. City Council will vote next week on whether to accept the money. Pearl Hotel ...

6 Feb 2014 - Joanne Zuhl
We have the energy to power solutions

What happens when a group of people experiencing homelessness and poverty decide to take matters into their own hands and organize to improve their quality of life? Unfortunately, they often are looked upon as a nuisance in the community. It’s common know ...

16 Jan 2014 - Israel Bayer