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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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Opinion | Hazelnut Grove is a model to emulate, not evacuate

Portland officials must give residents more time and other options

Laura Kutner Tokarski

February 10, 2021

A red tiny house that contained the petition to save Hazelnut Grove

Opinion | End the cruel cycle of camp sweeps

The city of Portland should work with houseless people, not displace them from stable communities like Hazelnut Grove

Erin Goodling

February 10, 2021

Kaia Sand | ‘Why mess with it when it works?’

OPINION | It is a tragically flawed decision to evict people from Hazelnut Grove when people are living and dying on the streets

Kaia Sand

February 9, 2021

Two houseless people stand in front of an encampment under a freeway overpass in Seattle.

How a growing crisis has fueled militant housing activism nationwide

PART II: Organizers of a motel occupation in Tacoma, Washington, were influenced by similar actions in Portland and other cities across the U.S.

Henry Brannan

February 3, 2021

Anderson family standing on the steps of their RV

Desperation in Josephine County: On the brink of homelessness

In a part of Southern Oregon notorious for its dearth of affordable housing, a family is at risk of losing the RVs that have kept them off the street

Hanna Merzbach

February 3, 2021

Editorial | In the fight against homelessness, some solutions are right in front of us

Destructive policy undermines the constructive work being done in Portland

SR editorial board

February 3, 2021

Oregon lawmakers ‘have a lot of work to do’ on homelessness

Legislative housing committees begin the 2021 session with an overview of the state’s crisis

Tom Henderson

January 27, 2021

Illustration: Homes drop off a conveyer belt and are processed into bags money dropping into a box on one side and people dropping into a "byproducts" bin on the other side.

Lenders poised to pounce on homeowners fighting foreclosure

During the pandemic, the Trump administration eased consumer protections that stemmed from the 2008 housing crisis. Now, Wall Street is gearing up for another property-grabbing bonanza.

Chris May

January 27, 2021

Kaia Sand | We should embrace ingenuity, not erase it

OPINION | Too often, the city of Portland does battle with communities like Hazelnut Grove rather than building from the leadership on the streets

Kaia Sand

January 27, 2021

Rapid Response Bio-Clean employees disassemble camps on the outskirts of Sunnyside Environmental School and the adjacent Sunnyside School Park.

Sunnyside camp removal prompts calls for additional sanctioned outdoor options

The Sunnyside Neighborhood Association and Rep. Nosse ask officials for an end to camp sweeps and more legal camping options. The request comes after Sunnyside School Park was swept despite community support.

Henry Brannan

January 26, 2021