The city has only identified two of six sites, hasn’t broken ground on a single camp or released information on contracted service providers Commissioner Dan Ryan’s goal to build six city-sanctioned outdoor homeless encampments by the end of the year appe ...
27 Oct 2021 - Taylor Griggs
After months of delays, OERAP is steadily distributing rental assistance funds, but the state may run out of money without more federal funds The Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP), plagued for months by technical glitches, staffing issues ...
20 Oct 2021 - Aurora Biggers
The city's ties with Clean & Safe lack oversight. The city should not rush to approve a new contract. Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty described the rush by some members of Portland’s City Council to sign a new five-year contract with Downtown Portla ...
29 Sep 2021 - SR editorial board
When Portland City Council announced an unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago, no one would go on record to talk about it A united Portland City Council announced a unanimous decision to sweep Laurelhurst Park a few weeks ago — a sy ...
18 Aug 2021 -
Oregon rental aid program flounders while clock on eviction protections for renters runs down, putting thousands at risk of eviction When Rae Bloodgood applied for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) in June, she knew she wasn’t going t ...
11 Aug 2021 - Aurora Biggers
Despite the often life-altering consequences of eviction proceedings, tenants secured legal representation in just 3% of the nearly 6000 eviction cases filed in Multnomah County in 2019. Attorneys say the COVID-19 pandemic has only made the issue more sev ...
28 Jul 2021 - Chris May
Service providers say the new guidelines bring uncertainty as the city becomes more aggressive with sweeps of houseless camps P ortland city leaders adopted a code change in April intended to get houseless people off streets and into shelters. But with ca ...
9 Jun 2021 - Christen McCurdy
With long waits and exorbitant fees hindering access to public records, accountability should be built into the city charter Portland’s Charter Commission has a lot to consider as it begins its once-a-decade obligation to review our city’s defining docume ...
2 Jun 2021 - SR editorial board
OPINION | How should Portland and Multnomah County funding be spent for what is, in fact, a diversity of needs? How could the city of Portland possibly sweep unhoused people when there’s nowhere to go? And about those places to go — where and what should ...
26 May 2021 - Kaia Sand
Accountability is lacking, but we have an opportunity to make a difference Hannah Saiger, originally from New York City, is spending this year in Portland on Tivnu: Building Justice, a Jewish social justice gap year program. She works for Cascadia Cluster ...
12 May 2021 - Hannah Saiger