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Director’s Desk: Let's create more housing for Michael and Andie

Let’s bring 3,000 Portlanders home: Yes for Affordable Homes Michael Votta and his partner, Andie, were everything to one another. Both mentally ill, they were lovers, best friends and survivors of a lifetime of abuse. They looked out for each other on th ...

3 Nov 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Affordable-homes campaign unites Portland

It’s extraordinary to see people experiencing homelessness and poverty motivated to get involved in democracy Imagine for a moment, just a moment, sleeping outside tonight with only a blanket between your body and the cold, hard and wet concrete. Now imag ...

20 Oct 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Vote for affordable housing that’s built to last

Here are some ways you can help pass Yes for Affordable Homes in Portland We are four weeks away from a historic opportunity to vote for more affordable housing. It’s taken us a lot to get to this historic moment. A little more than two years ago, Street ...

6 Oct 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Real opportunities, not a jail, will spur change

The last thing we need is increased criminalization efforts of the homeless The idea of Wapato Jail, an empty facility in far out North Portland, being used as a homeless shelter just won’t die. Can we just say no to Wapato? Please. At this point, the iss ...

29 Sep 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Multnomah County saw 88 deaths on the streets in 2015

Another tragic number: The latest Domicile Unknown count is equal to the previous two years' combined The number of deaths among people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County in 2015 is the highest it has been since we began counting. Accordi ...

8 Sep 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Real solutions to improving housed, homeless relations

Organized camps, income opportunities, education can be implemented immediately The frustration and conflict between neighbors and people experiencing homelessness has always existed. Saying that, in the past few months it has reached an all-time high – n ...

1 Sep 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Housing is not the only social justice issue

We have work to do to tackle many community problems, especially in the context of poverty Homelessness. Housing. Crisis. Those three words have become commonplace in our city over the past three years. It’s for good reason too. The skyrocketing rents a ...

25 Aug 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: Journalism is alive and well, and worthy of support

Street Roots is proud of the work we produce in an effort to better the community and the world Quality journalism matters, especially in a time when the media industry is being turned upside down. Some will tell you that journalism is dead. That’s the fu ...

18 Aug 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director’s Desk: The murky future of Terminal 1

Proposal for massive Portland homeless shelter is half-baked at best In June, I wrote about a new proposal by developers Homer Williams and Dike Dame. The original idea was a $100 million plan to build space for 700 new shelter beds and create 700 beds in ...

11 Aug 2016 - Israel Bayer
Director's Desk: Homelessness isn’t a media event. It’s real life.

If I were currently homeless I would choose living outdoors over living in shelter. Hands down. That doesn’t mean I would be choosing to be homeless. The mayor recently declared an end to his “Safe Sleep” policy in our city. The policy allowed for people ...

4 Aug 2016 - Israel Bayer