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Reducing homelessness: A straightforward recommendation

COMMENTARY | Combination of housing specialists, vouchers can be successful After declaring a housing state of emergency, the city of Portland has taken the compassionate step of opening up a temporary emergency night shelter this winter for homeless wome ...

27 Feb 2016 - Susan Emmons and Bobby Weinstock
The end of the Joyce Hotel: Where will the homeless go?

Portland's Joyce Hotel, considered the housing of last resort, is closing March 30 The Joyce Hotel, one of downtown’s last rental havens for Portland’s homeless, has given notice to its residents to vacate the premises by March 30. The mass eviction ...

28 Jan 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Director's Desk: America's homeless emergency is mandmade. It can be solved.

The federal government needs to step up on homeless funding, policies Homelessness is hell, especially during the winter months. This past week, during one of the downpours, I witnessed a homeless woman so soaked to the bone that she simply sat down in th ...

10 Dec 2015 - Israel Bayer
Portland Mayor Charlie Hales on climate change, homelessness

Less than two weeks before hosting a West Coast summit of his peers, Portland’s mayor talks about the critical agenda items. Street Roots recently sat down with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and talked about homelessness and climate change. Hales will be j ...

25 Nov 2015 - Israel Bayer
Street Roots editorial: Legislature’s housing agenda a place for real change

That will only come if the housing crisis is addressed on multiple fronts. This week, Oregon’s House Democrats joined the chorus of elected officials calling for relief to the housing crisis facing the region. We trust, as with the emergency declarations ...

19 Nov 2015 - SR editorial board
Take action on housing: An open letter to President Obama

We have failed as a nation to give our citizens the tools they need to be successful Dear Mr. President, governors and local mayors of the United States: By now, I’m sure you may have heard that Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles and the state of Hawaii have ...

12 Nov 2015 - Israel Bayer
A new camp in North Portland fights for survival

COMMENTARY | At North Greeley, campers' stories of life outside are profoundly upsetting On Oct. 7, the city of Portland announced a housing state of emergency and took a few small steps toward addressing the housing crisis. There is perhaps no bette ...

22 Oct 2015 - Vahid Brown
City’s rapid changes demand we act fast on housing

COMMENTARY | We have the right to ask why affordable-housing development lags Urban renewal is the most powerful tool Portland has to direct development in the ways that we as a community want. Without it, we are at the mercy of private forces that we can ...

15 Oct 2015 - John Mulvey
Good policy, not politics, expected from Portland’s declaration

We know we can be successful given the right resources and tools Someone asked me this week: Is the homeless and housing crisis really something that should be declared a state of emergency, or was it just politics? I don’t know. You tell me. Is having th ...

8 Oct 2015 - Israel Bayer
Keep Portland renters in their homes; it's an emergency

A decisive response from City Council is urgently needed Portland is in a state of emergency. Throughout the city, landlords are issuing evictions – even clearing out entire buildings. Tenants who aren’t evicted remain in danger of being priced out, as wa ...

24 Sep 2015 - Katrina Holland and Justin Buri