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Most cruelty complaints against homeless pet owners are baseless, says Multnomah County Animal Services

While the agency encourages people to call if they suspect animal abuse or neglect, the vast majority of complaints it receives are unfounded After sitting in traffic for a half-hour, we arrived at Southeast 35th Avenue and Yamhill Street. It was an unsea ...

12 Jul 2019 - Emily Green
Marchers trek from Portland to Salem for housing, homeless rights

PHOTOS | Advocates participating in the weeklong Give Us Shelter March are calling for Oregon to declare a state of emergency on housing Advocating for a state of emergency to be declared on Oregon’s housing crisis, demonstrators set off from Portland on ...

31 May 2019 - Street Roots
Oh, the places we could go!

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Proposed portable toilets would shift funds used to clean up homeless camps toward facilities that foster dignity and public health If you soon see plaid- and PDX-carpet patterned portable toilets around the city, see, too, the promise o ...

17 May 2019 - Kaia Sand
Martin v. Boise confronts excuses about homelessness, demands action

COMMENTARY | The 9th Circuit ruling prevents cities from criminalizing homelessness Americans have a powerful and unique urge to blame homeless people for their own circumstances. This common misperception — that people choose to be homeless — is too ofte ...

12 Apr 2019 - Sara K. Rankin
Cities can’t criminalize homelessness: Appeals court upholds ruling

Sit-lie ordinances are 'cruel and unusual punishment' when no alternatives exist Local governments will have a harder time forcing homeless people out of public spaces after a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that government cann ...

12 Apr 2019 - Ashley Archibald
Camp sweep comes as city takes over on ODOT land

Two Street Roots vendors had been living in the camp for months without hassle On Wednesday, Jan. 10, David Samson called the Street Roots office for his fiancé, Bettyjo Griffiths. His message: Come quickly, their camp was being swept. Before Bettyjo left ...

11 Jan 2019 - Kaia Sand
Portland police chief responds to concerns from homeless community

Danielle Outlaw tells Street Roots staff and vendors that police are chasing the radio while getting blamed for problems they cannot solve Danielle Outlaw has been thrust into the spotlight. The first African-American woman to serve as chief of the Portla ...

7 Dec 2018 - Emily Green and John Emshwiller
Court decision on sleeping outdoors lays bare our deep inequalities

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Criminalizing people for being homeless is cruel and inhumane, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled A lot gets written in a day, and on Tuesday, Sept. 4, Donald Trump managed to punch out 16 wild and furious tweets. But among this frenzy, it’s ...

7 Sep 2018 - Kaia Sand
Reducing waste and empowering people in poverty

'Waste pickers' can fill gaps in municipal waste management, Taylor Cass Talbott explains It was while working with the homeless population in her hometown of Portland that Taylor Cass Talbott started the collaborative series of art exhibits and ...

17 Aug 2018 - Helen Hill
A conversation with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau

The head of Canada’s Liberal government talks with street papers about ending homelessness, legalizing cannabis, immigration reform and other issues Intro and transcription by Laurent Soumis Editor’s note: Three reporter-vendors from Street Roots’ sister ...

20 Jul 2018 - Mostapha Lotfi ...