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From the editor: It's the most wonderful time of the year

Over the next four weeks, expect to learn a lot about what candidates plan to do about housing and homelessness Letter from the editor: It's getting to be that time again. The time when people throughout the state argue (or alternatively agree) with ...

21 Sep 2022 - K. Rambo
SR Editorial: Mayor proposes funding for Portland Street Response

In line with Street Roots' campaign, Wheeler earmarks $500,000 in contingency funds for an alternative first response to crises on the streets Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler recommended $500,000 for Portland Street Response in his proposed city budget re ...

1 May 2019 - SR editorial board
SR Editorial: Homelessness too complex for one fix-all solution

Each idea brings controversy with it, but none will solve all of Portland's housing issues Time and again, despite the rhetoric, we are reminded that homelessness is not a one-dimensional issue. It is the byproduct of the unlimited combinations of ec ...

28 Jul 2016 - Street Roots
Renter state of emergency

Housing crisis, evictions prompt renewed calls for action This week, the Community Alliance of Tenants declared a renter state of emergency. It’s a state many people have been living in for a long time. Considering the trauma involved when people cannot f ...

11 Sep 2015 - SR editorial board
Editorial: Kudos and expectations for recent budget proposals on housing

Mayor Charlie Hales and the rest of City Council continue to send a message that housing matters. In his 2015-16 proposed budget, the mayor has allocated an additional $5.9 million on housing. This comes out of a nearly $50 million surplus the city has th ...

7 May 2015 - SR editorial board
Everyone should get behind the People’s Plan

What would Portland be like if instead of reacting to social problems, we intentionally planned for social success? What if we worked to ensure social and economic equity with each step forward, rather than scrambling to backfill the scars of gentrificati ...

1 May 2015 - SR editorial board
Let’s make things right on housing

This year both the City of Portland and Multnomah County launched A Home For Everyone, a new plan to address housing and homelessness in our community. Mayor Charlie Hales and city housing commissioner, Dan Saltzman, along with Multnomah County Chair Debo ...

17 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board
Gretchen Kafoury’s legacy one of action, change

Gretchen Kafoury passed away of natural causes on Friday, March 13 at the age of 72. Like others, Street Roots was sad to hear the news, and overcome with emotion to not only honor, but to carry on her work. To say that Oregon lost a great leader seems in ...

19 Mar 2015 - SR editorial board
Oregon’s environmental policies should be more than paper deep

Oregon has a proud history of protecting its wildlife and natural resources. We also have significant environmental problems. The latter is particularly frustrating when the best intentions are left to languish under the weight of an underfunded bureaucra ...

25 Feb 2015 - SR editorial board
Housing initiatives a step toward ‘righting the ship’

In his State of the City address, delivered last week before City Club of Portland, Mayor Charlie Hales talked about spending the past two years “righting the ship.” Financially, the city is stronger than it has been for several years, with commissioners ...

6 Feb 2015 - SR editorial board