A Jan. 11 memo suggests Gonzalez halted tent distribution to align with mayor’s camping ban Foreshadowing things to come, Portland Commissioner Rene Gonzalez halted tent distribution by Portland Fire and Rescue personnel, including Portland Street Respons ...
2 Aug 2023 - Piper McDaniel
Legislative session ends with a mixed bag on housing issues as human toll continues The 2023 Oregon Legislature convened Jan. 17. Melisa Blake died from hypothermia four days later in a downtown Salem parking lot. Legislators came to Salem with an energet ...
12 Jul 2023 - Tom Henderson
In a city where homeless people are already much more likely to face arrest than housed people, officials have a ‘new’ proposal: warn, fine and arrest homeless Portlanders Update: Portland City Council passed the ordinance discussed in this story June 7. ...
6 Jun 2023 - K. Rambo
Amid inflation and high rent costs, Senate Bill 611 seeks to strengthen rent control, tenants rights President Lyndon Johnson said, "Education is the only valid passport from poverty," but 58 years later, Andrea Haverkamp said a lot of highly ed ...
12 Apr 2023 - Tom Henderson
The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes city of Portland’s camps for people who are homeless, as described in five resolutions passed by four of five City Council members The Mental Health Association of Portland opposes the city of Portland’s c ...
16 Nov 2022 - Mental Health A...
Access Denied | Sweeping Portlanders without viable alternatives isn’t a plan Imagine that you’re eating cookies in the kitchen. No plate, no napkin. Standing over the counter, a dusting of crumbs forms under you. Using one hand, you collect them and form ...
9 Nov 2022 - Hanna Brooks Olsen
Director’s Desk | Portland City Council’s camping-ban vote ignores concerns of unhoused Portlanders, undermines progress Like a car wrenching into a U-turn on a slick and treacherous road, Portland City Council dangerously pivoted our city when it voted t ...
7 Nov 2022 - Kaia Sand
JOHS reduced supply distribution to a single pickup per month, advocates say this decision has dire consequences As another cold winter approaches, homeless Portlanders will soon face bitter conditions many are ill-equipped to confront, and outreach worke ...
2 Nov 2022 - Tyler Walicek
As fire danger escalates in Southern Oregon, Medford City Council candidate Matt Roberts seeks to criminalize those living on the frontlines of climate change On a sweltering October day in Medford, Oregon, five Medford police officers approached a tent n ...
19 Oct 2022 - Sam Becker
Street Roots talks with key official about the program’s aims to alleviate homelessness by year’s end Communities across the country face an unprecedented rate of homelessness. Once considered a phenomenon generally confined to big cities by the public an ...
26 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel