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City of Portland posts many homeless encampments at least twice before a sweep

The city extends the legal window for sweeps by posting and reposting encampments, which can cause distress and logistical issues for unhoused Portlanders Imagine being told you have between three and 10 days to move, with no way of knowing if the time wi ...

22 Jun 2022 - K. Rambo
Opinion | Lessons from 7 years on the streets

Bronwyn Jones Carver has been homeless since a landlord tried to raise her rent by nearly 100% in 2015. Since then, she's learned to adapt and reach for new heights. My name is Bronwyn Jones Carver. I have been homeless for seven years this June. At ...

22 Jun 2022 - Bronwyn Carver
Kaia Sand | Central City Concern transformed a hotel into housing

Opinion | Portland should build a local Project Turnkey Program The Comfort Inn sign is now wrapped in black plastic, but plenty of hotel amenities remain at River Haven, a housing program for people in early recovery run by Central City Concern. The hote ...

15 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand
Kaia Sand | Sweeps deter progress

Opinion | On the verge of investments in shelter, housing and services, city sweeps only serve to impede improvement Construction fences angled in odd directions shape the phantom of what was a smattering of tents on Northwest Second Avenue and Couch Stre ...

8 Jun 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | People need a safe space to park their RVs

Dear community, On Monday, April 18, just before 5 a.m. on Northeast 33rd Avenue in Portland, an explosive device was thrown at a parked motorhome where a woman was sleeping inside. The explosion was so strong, it blew out the front windshield and engulfe ...

1 Jun 2022 - Eileen Hager
Neighborhood associations demand criminal background checks in Safe Rest Villages citywide, prompting discrimination concerns

City officials did not say if background checks are being considered Neighborhood associations expanded a demand for residents of Safe Rest Villages near schools to undergo criminal background checks in a May 16 email to Mayor Ted Wheeler and city commiss ...

25 May 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Kaia Sand | Sweeps are traumatic, expensive and a facade of progress

OPINION | Sweeps force people out of sight, but do nothing for long term housing options We sat down for our weekly meeting but there was no way Street Roots editor in chief K. Rambo and I could concentrate. The blue and red police lights flashed in the w ...

18 May 2022 - Kaia Sand
Opinion | ‘Bigger than me and larger than life’

With lessons learned from time unhoused, Gary Barker strives to support others I came back to life in a time of trouble. It was 2019, and I was sitting in my apartment on Sandy Boulevard, out of my mind, and frankly, near death. I was tied up in a hell ...

18 May 2022 - Gary Barker
2022 Elections | Portland City Council and City Auditor’s race

Street Roots asked candidates running for Portland City Council position two and position three their plans regarding homelessness, cost of living, pandemic recovery and more. You can read more 2022 election coverage here. Portland City Council Position 2 ...

7 May 2022 - Street Roots
Editorial | Oregon Media Collaborative covered ground for gubernatorial primaries

Journalists throughout the state worked to bring you the answers in this issue In terms of covering elections, newspapers traditionally sift through expansive pools of candidates (particularly during primaries) and narrow the field to a small group of ‘se ...

4 May 2022 - SR editorial board