Street Smart Economics | Legal representation for tenants facing evictions can mitigate the power imbalance between tenants and landlords in court Eviction is far too common, on the rise and incredibly destructive for families and the community. Experienc ...
1 Feb 2023 - Mary King
Gov. Tina Kotek laid the groundwork when she declared homelessness a state of emergency, but advocates and homeless Oregonians remain skeptical of lawmakers as legislative session starts Norman Lee LeDuff lives less than a mile from the Oregon State Capit ...
1 Feb 2023 - Tom Henderson
Editor's note: This story originally appeared in the Jan. 25 edition of Street Roots. Since publishing, Multnomah County opened severe weather shelters an additional time, on Jan. 29, and closed them Jan. 30. This instance is not discussed in the art ...
25 Jan 2023 - Jamie Arcelay
Students and staff at school for homeless students continue uphill trek to normalcy following the end of pandemic restrictions “ When I was in kindergarten, I did not know what a book was,” a quiet fifth-grade student in Cheryl Bickle’s class recently wro ...
25 Jan 2023 - Ellen Clarke
The state's lowest earners struggle to afford housing, deep wealth inequality persists When then-Portland Mayor Charlie Hales declared a housing state of emergency in 2015, many knew the housing crisis had been brewing for decades. The evidence was v ...
17 Jan 2023 - Tyler Mac Innis
With help from mutual aid group Don’t Evict PDX, tenants receive rental assistance funds, guidance on eviction notices and support for tenant advocacy and organizing In early December, a mutual aid request to help a tenant who needed $4,980 by Dec. 6 to a ...
4 Jan 2023 - Christine Menges
The Atomic Orchard Experiment aims to honor what people do as workers and as Portlanders Jeff Woodward, a boots-on-the-ground frontline worker with the Mental Health and Addiction Association of Oregon, spends his days bringing harm reduction supplies out ...
21 Dec 2022 - Ellen Clarke
An attorney tasked with enforcing similar protections tells Street Roots why protections work and how they serve to level an uneven playing field What would Portland renters do if their landlord shut off the water and refused to turn it back on? While dir ...
14 Dec 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Oregon is in a housing crisis. Experts say eviction court is part of the problem. What’s surprising about watching eviction court proceedings is how utterly bureaucratic they are. People on the receiving end of eviction are devastated. They are scrambling ...
7 Dec 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Sen. Wyden's DASH Act languishes in committee, despite being among most comprehensive current proposals to address homelessness If a person is battling hunger, the logical solution is to provide food. Newly re-elected Sen. Ron Wyden, D-OR, applies th ...
23 Nov 2022 - Piper McDaniel