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Kaia Sand | Dear People for Portland, Don’t abuse the intent of Portland Street Response

OPINION | The crisis response program is designed to meet people with compassion in their greatest times of need The Portland Street Response pilot is slated to transform into a city-wide program — still with a limited scope — this spring. It’s really hap ...

19 Jan 2022 - Kaia Sand
Proximity to vital resources from Safe Rest Villages

Proposed Safe Rest Village sites vary in distance and availability to key resources for homeless communities. Here's what we found: Homeless Portlanders, advocates and politicians have a range of thoughts about the pros and cons of sanctioned encampm ...

18 Jan 2022 - Taylor Griggs
Kaia Sand | Providing housing, support services saves lives

OPINION | Domicile Unknown report shows people on the streets die decades before their time For nearly a decade now, Street Roots has published the Domicile Unknown report with Multnomah County and the Multnomah County medical examiner. Named after the ca ...

15 Dec 2021 - Kaia Sand
Domicile Unknown Report found 126 deaths in 2020

Drug overdoses and medical conditions contributed to the largest number of deaths among the 126 people who died while homeless in Multnomah County in 2020, highlighting need for services, permanent housing. The last time Hope Yamasaki saw her son was at t ...

15 Dec 2021 - Latisha Jensen
Deterrents and ‘hostile architecture,’ who gets to claim public space?

A $500,000 investment in anti-homeless benches raises alarms for homeless people, advocates Laurelhurst Park is a beautiful, tree-lined park with running trails and a duck pond that sits at the heart of the Laurelhurst Neighborhood, straddling the border ...

8 Dec 2021 - Taylor Griggs
Kaia Sand | Peace at Home turned motels into shelters

OPINION | Supported by Project Turnkey these shelters brough stability to those seeking safety The clear light of Umpqua Valley streamed through the Douglas firs and the cedar trees. This view surrounds people who seek to escape violence through motel-bas ...

8 Dec 2021 - Kaia Sand
Congregate shelter benefits debatable

Recent investments in congregate shelters raise questions about priorities, efficacy According to a recently announced spending plan to address homelessness jointly funded by the city of Portland and Multnomah County, local sheltering options will substan ...

24 Nov 2021 - Taylor Griggs
Safe Rest Villages and then what?

Advocates and officials agree: investment required beyond temporary shelter Sandra Fairbank has been unhoused for seven years, becoming homeless after leaving an abusive marriage. Since then, she has moved from camp to camp in different parts of the city ...

10 Nov 2021 - Taylor Griggs
City can’t say when they will plan, build Safe Rest Villages

The city has only identified two of six sites, hasn’t broken ground on a single camp or released information on contracted service providers Commissioner Dan Ryan’s goal to build six city-sanctioned outdoor homeless encampments by the end of the year appe ...

27 Oct 2021 - Taylor Griggs
Federal rent relief may be short-lived

After months of delays, OERAP is steadily distributing rental assistance funds, but the state may run out of money without more federal funds The Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP), plagued for months by technical glitches, staffing issues ...

20 Oct 2021 - Aurora Biggers