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Finding Home

A series of in-depth articles examining national perspectives around America’s growing housing and homeless crisis.
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The Next Generation

The Next Generation is a Street Roots series that focuses on the well-being and housing stability of children and young adults, locally and nationally, and explores the work being done to prevent another generation from becoming homeless. Street Roots received funding from Meyer Memorial Trust's Housing Advocacy Portfolio to develop dedicated reporting for The Next Generation series.
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A cutout of Oregon with a bright yellow eviction notice filling the state.

Shortcomings of Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program have long-term consequences

The program ended in August 2022, but tenants are still in the throes of a rental emergency

Aurora Biggers

August 9, 2023

A performer is on stage. They are applying lipstick as they hold a mirror in front of them. Heads of people in the crowd are in the foreground of the image.

Portland drag performers raise funds at ‘Drag the House Up!’

Black & Beyond the Binary Collective event raises funds and awareness for ongoing housing instability crisis

Ellen Clarke

July 26, 2023

A rounded rectangular border frames an image of a tent beneath a red prohibited sign.

Portland’s daytime camping ban lacks concrete plans, procedures

Vague communication from city causes concern among homeless Portlanders and service providers

Jeremiah Hayden

July 12, 2023

Despite historical failures, Portland wants to fine, jail homeless Portlanders

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

K. Rambo

June 6, 2023

A view of the ormer Capital Inn & Suites on Northeast Fisher Road in Salem on a blue-skied day.

What lies ahead for Project Turnkey 2.0

Despite bumps in the road, Project Turnkey seeks to turn more hotels into shelters

Tom Henderson

May 31, 2023

Legislators focus on housing bills providing housing rather than rights

An urgent need for supportive housing voiced in the Legislature, but lawmakers continue broad focus on housing supply

Tom Henderson

May 17, 2023

Photo shows Hope Dryden standing in front of her RV in McMinnville

Right to rest? Not in Oregon.

A bill to give homeless people the right to be left alone fails to move through OR House

Tom Henderson

May 3, 2023

photo shows piggy bank w/ words "building our future together" on it

Unpacking Eviction Representation for All

Tenant legal representation is on the ballot in May

Piper McDaniel

April 26, 2023

A small house made of cash is in the foreground of a dollar bill.

Out-of-state landlords received millions from Oregon’s COVID landlord fund

Among large landlords, data shows at least 35% of Landlord Compensation Fund money went out of state, but the state's tracking system obscures exactly how much

Piper McDaniel

April 19, 2023

A tower crane hovers above a new housing development in downtown Portland. The sky is cloudy and gray.

Is parking reform the secret to new Oregon housing?

The state began a phase-in process for eliminating parking requirements at the beginning of the year. Experts say the state's housing construction might boom this summer when regulations end.

Christine Menges

April 12, 2023

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