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City, county pledge to invest additional $30 million to pay for housing and shelter beds

The new investment will go to support "A Home For Everyone," a community partnership to end homelessness Mayor Charlie Hales and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury announced this morning a $30 million city and county commitment to support ne ...

30 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
Street Roots editorial: Bold actions needed on housing emergency

Street Roots was glad to hear that Mayor Charlie Hales declared a state of emergency on housing and homelessness in our community this week. The question now becomes: Does the mayor and other elected officials have the capacity and political will to seize ...

24 Sep 2015 - SR editorial board
Groundswell pushes housing issues to the forefront in Portland

It may be the first time in recent memory that affordable housing and homelessness will play a leading role in the 2016 election cycle. On one side of this issue is a business community fed up with homelessness. On the other side is a community filled wit ...

17 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Times call for a fresh approach to tent cities

Tent cities might not be popular, but they're a lot more effective than doing nothing It’s time for the city and county to support scaling up the tent city model in our region. Being able to find a permanent location for Right 2 Dream Too on the east ...

3 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
Solution to the housing crisis starts with us

There’s a lot of reason to celebrate this Independence Day. July Fourth is a time to look back on the founding of the United States and the documents that shape and control our democracy. We saw the system at its best during the last days of June: the Sup ...

7 Jul 2015 - Janet Byrd
Oregonians share stories, visions for state

Neighborhood Partnerships and the Oregon Housing Alliance asked: What do you want to see? Last month we asked community members to share their vision. We asked: What does building Oregon’s future mean to you? What would change in your life, in your experi ...

1 Jun 2015 - Omar Carrillo
Editorial: solutions, not sweeps, will end homelessness

Homeless camp sweeps in Portland illustrate dearth of services available now Every year about this time, like clockwork, the City of Portland conducts annual camp sweeps in inner Southeast Portland, and eventually parts of downtown right before the Rose F ...

28 May 2015 - SR editorial board
Opportunity, support keys to end homelessness

Street Roots vendor Johnny Williams reflects on obstacles, opportunity and support Homelessness is a problem that cannot be fixed just by throwing money at it. You can throw money at a fire all day long, and it will never put out the fire. Only helping pe ...

3 Apr 2015 - Johnny Williams
Director's Desk: Homelessness series packed with many lessons

Oregonian reporter Anna Griffin talks with Israel Bayer about her special report on homelessness in Portland Anna Griffin has been around the block. After spending 10 years at the Charlotte Observer, Griffin moved west to take a job at The Oregonian. Her ...

12 Mar 2015 - Israel Bayer
Open Wapato Jail to homeless on tenants’ own dime

COMMENTARY Society wants homeless people to get up, and they would prefer that they do it on their own. Yet, homeless people are spending so much time in line that they have no time to get their high school equivalency diploma (GED) or job training. It’s ...

4 Mar 2015 - Johnny Williams