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  1. 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

  2. OPINION | Narrative of reduced police funds causing gun violence is misleading

    TRANSFORMING JUSTICE | Reasons for increased crime vary, so solutions should too Violent crime is up in cities across the nation, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and now Portland — a city not usually on the high-crime map. Mothers are los ...

    17 Nov 2021 - Shannon Wight

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. Editorial | Clean & Safe is a dirty deal

    The city's ties with Clean & Safe lack oversight. The city should not rush to approve a new contract. Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty described the rush by some members of Portland’s City Council to sign a new five-year contract with Downtown Portla ...

    29 Sep 2021 - SR editorial board

  7. Editorial | Unity is not anonymity

    When Portland City Council announced an unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago, no one would go on record to talk about it A united Portland City Council announced a unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago — a sy ...

    18 Aug 2021 -

  8. Oregon emergency rental assistance in disarray, increasing risk of eviction

    Oregon rental aid program flounders while clock on eviction protections for renters runs down, putting thousands at risk of eviction When Rae Bloodgood applied for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) in June, she knew she wasn’t going t ...

    11 Aug 2021 - Aurora Biggers

  9. Retaining an eviction attorney is nearly impossible for Multnomah County tenants

    Despite the often life-altering consequences of eviction proceedings, tenants secured legal representation in just 3% of the nearly 6000 eviction cases filed in Multnomah County in 2019. Attorneys say the COVID-19 pandemic has only made the issue more sev ...

    28 Jul 2021 - Chris May

  10. Portland has laid out plans for new shelters, but numbers and locations remain elusive

    Service providers say the new guidelines bring uncertainty as the city becomes more aggressive with sweeps of houseless camps P ortland city leaders adopted a code change in April intended to get houseless people off streets and into shelters. But with ca ...

    9 Jun 2021 - Christen McCurdy

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