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Housing

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Sisters Of The Road food pacakges

Portland meal program for homeless running short on supplies

Blanchet House grapples with growing demand during the coronavirus emergency
By
Emily Green
March 25, 2020
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Portable sink on the corner of the sidewalk

Hygiene needs increase as homeless resources shrink with COVID-19 closures

Portland’s unhoused population complains of little access to showers and clean clothes
By
Emily Green
March 25, 2020
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Raven Drake opens a drawer full of supplies

Fear, rumors permeate Portland homeless camps and shelters

Anxiety runs high among people on the streets after a stay-home order is issued in the wake of coronavirus
By
Emily Green
March 24, 2020
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Beverage cans

Bottle redemption site closures shortchange houseless

People living on Portland streets struggle to find ways to earn money amid COVID-19 measures
By
Emily Green
March 21, 2020
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The eye of Benjamin Franklin on a hundred dollar bill

Business interests fighting Metro tax for homeless services are short on the facts

COMMENTARY | Their real goal may be to stop us from making them pay their fair share
By
Mary King
March 21, 2020
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Illustration of the exterior of the proposed housing complex

Organization behind privately seeded navigation center in Portland plans affordable-housing complex

Harbor of Hope intends to build 153 units at 148th and East Burnside
By
Christen McCurdy
March 6, 2020
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Raven Drake

Street survival in the age of coronavirus

DIRECTOR'S DESK | It's all-hands-on-deck when it comes to hygiene support
By
Kaia Sand
March 6, 2020
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Connie King Leonard portrait and her book cover

Between high school and homelessness

Oregon author Connie King Leonard’s YA novel draws from her own experience as a teacher with homeless students
By
Pat Zimmer
February 28, 2020
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"Hope" is displayed above a tent

Metro steps up and puts hope on the ballot

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Voters need to turn out in droves to pass this homeless-services measure
By
Kaia Sand
February 28, 2020
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A mattress sits on the floor inside a shabby room

Living amid mold, pests and filth, Stewart Hotel tenants sue bankrupt landlord

$4.5 million in damages sought over ‘truly shocking’ conditions at what amounts to an abandoned building in downtown Portland
By
Joanne Zuhl
February 14, 2020

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