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Director’s Desk: It's time for inclusionary housing option in Oregon

Lifting Oregon's ban on inclusionary zoning is key to finding a solution Inclusionary zoning. You’ve heard about it, but what exactly is it? And why is it so important in addressing our current housing crisis in Oregon? Inclusionary zoning links the ...

21 Jan 2016 - Israel Bayer
Janet Byrd: Housing crisis demands ‘something bold’ from Legislature

The housing advocate says lawmakers’ response must be powerful. And she’s optimistic. More than 300 people packed a conference room Saturday afternoon at the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization in outer northeast Portland. They were there to tal ...

14 Jan 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Editorial: State legislation essential to ending housing crisis

Governor, lawmakers should work to standardize investments in affordable housing It’s not just Portland experiencing a housing crisis. Many communities throughout Oregon are facing a severe affordable housing shortage. Add this to rising rents and stagnat ...

14 Jan 2016 - SR editorial board
What Oregon’s new criminal justice reforms mean for you

‘Ban the box,’ criminal record expungement and other laws take effect Jan. 1, 2016 Several significant changes to Oregon’s criminal justice system were signed into law during the 2015 legislative session and become effective Jan. 1. A ban on police profil ...

31 Dec 2015 - Emily Green
Street Roots editorial: Legislature’s housing agenda a place for real change

That will only come if the housing crisis is addressed on multiple fronts. This week, Oregon’s House Democrats joined the chorus of elected officials calling for relief to the housing crisis facing the region. We trust, as with the emergency declarations ...

19 Nov 2015 - SR editorial board
Partnership for Safety and Justice: A long, strange (and successful) session

Partnership for Safety and Justice and our allies made important legislative progress in the area of smarter public safety Each legislative session has its own unique feel, but few people at the Capitol could have anticipated the roller-coaster ride of Or ...

6 Aug 2015 - Shannon Wight
Oregon’s legislature grapples with racial equity

Last month on Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday, a coalition of advocacy organizations presented findings from Facing Race: the 2013 Oregon Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. The report is designed to help legislators better understand how to addr ...

15 Feb 2014 - David Rogers
Salem needs to deliver small, but critical bump for housing

The latest Street Roots reports that “when legislators convene in Salem for the Legislature’s month-long session, scheduled to begin Feb. 3, they are likely to focus on economic development, job growth, continuing to fund and reform education, and pass le ...

15 Jan 2014 - SR editorial board
Poverty issues to mostly take a back seat in Salem

When legislators convene in Salem for the Legislature’s month-long session, scheduled to begin Feb. 3, they are likely to focus on economic development, job growth, continuing to fund and reform education, and pass legislation that didn’t quite make it du ...

13 Jan 2014 - Amanda Waldroupe
Oregon prepares for $20 million mental health roll-out

Oregon’s mental health care systems gained attention and new money from the 2013 legislative sessions-- and more is on the way. While this is good news for Portlanders, especially those experiencing homelessness, mental health problems or addiction, it’s ...

18 Nov 2013 - Jasmine Rockow