Oregon Law Center scores victory for people sleeping outside by Joanne Zuhl Homeless campers came out the winners in a settlement with the Oregon Department of Transportation that buys them time before their property is swept from camps. The settlement, s ...
12 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
Camp Pioneer emerges, to be swept tomorrow... About 10 people experiencing homelessness set up a small tent community on a tiny triangle of land on North Wheeler Avenue just west of Dixon Street. The camp has been in existence for two-weeks. This afternoo ...
30 Aug 2010 - Street Roots
Camping ordinance being challenged The Oregon Law Center's class action lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Portland's camping ordinance follows in a long line of similar lawsuits filed across the country to vindicate the Constitutional ...
8 Jan 2009 - Street Roots
When is new housing not new? When it's reprogrammed From the Dec. 12 special affordable housing edition, "In need of a new deal." Portland's efforts to build a net gain of affordable housing for its lowest income residents have failed ...
24 Dec 2008 - Street Roots
Lawyers for homeless to sue city over camping ordinance Posted Dec. 11, 2008 Portland’s anti-camping ordinance is facing a legal challenge by lawyers with the Oregon Law Center who say the ordinance violates the constitutional rights of people experiencin ...
11 Dec 2008 - Street Roots