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A streetwise perspective on housing, mental health

COMMENTARY | A conversation with Right 2 Dream Too co-founder Ptery Lieght Housing activist Ptery Lieght has been involved for years in efforts to make safe, affordable housing available to all. He has been active in Portland’s two legal camps for the hom ...

29 Oct 2015 - Rachel Levy
Portland needs affordable housing: Let’s do it

We know how to end homelessness. We just need affordable homes to do it. Recently I visited Dignity Village to thank them for their advocacy work with Welcome Home. Dignity Village is a thriving, active and empowered community of tiny houses, veggie garde ...

1 May 2015 - Jes Larson
What will it take to end homelessness?

Portland, like many cities throughout the United States, finds itself at a crossroads. How do we collectively tackle the housing crisis and begin to really put the resources needed into ending homelessness? Anna Griffin’s series on homelessness in The Ore ...

18 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer
Make a big impact on the world, grassroots on up

People often ask me, what motivated you to get into this line of work and to be engaged with politics. There’s a lot of different ways I could answer that question. Growing up in rural-industrial America, my first relationship to anything even remotely po ...

5 Feb 2014 - Israel Bayer
Homeless camp called Dignity Village featured in Grand Theft Auto Five

Dignity Village, Portland’s only sanctioned homeless tent city, unknowingly finds itself featured in the latest version of the Grand Theft Auto video game that came out earlier this year. The game has made billions of dollars from sales. There are several ...

26 Dec 2013 - Israel Bayer
Right 2 Dream Too has earned its place at the table

Not many people gave them a chance. From the neighborhood and bureaucrats to certain shelter providers and the business community, no one believed that a group of homeless people could be successful in creating their own safe refuge from the harsh realiti ...

26 Sep 2013 - SR editorial board
Photos from MLK housing, immigrant rights march

More than 200 people gathered today to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and to support housing and immigrant rights. Click on images to view the slideshow. MLK Sisters Of The Road VOZ Dignity Village Right 2 Dream Too Martin Luther King Jr. Print ...

19 Jan 2013 - Israel Bayer
Seattle councilmen tour Dignity Village

Seattle councilmen tour Dignity Village Seattle Councilman Nick Licata, left, speaks with Dignity Village member Scott Layman inside of the common room during a tour of Dignity Village Friday, March 4. Licata was joined by fellow council members Sally Bag ...

10 Mar 2011 - Street Roots
A brief history of the Out of the Doorways campaign, part one

A brief history of the Out of the Doorways campaign, part one “Until lions have their history, tales of the hunt will always glorify the hunter” – Professor Frederick W. Hickling The Homeless Front was a company of equals, considered the best we Portland ...

6 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
Another Dignity Village? Why Not?

Another Dignity Village? Why Not? Street Roots editorial from May 15, 2008 Dignity Village II? Why not? It would take a special set of circumstances to create another tent city or semi-permanent, off-the-grid community, but it’s not altogether out of the ...

27 May 2009 - Street Roots