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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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Car license plate that reads: HOME

Beaverton aims to accommodate more who live out of their vehicles

The city wants to add more sites to its Safe Parking pilot, modeled after a decades-old Eugene program
By
Christen McCurdy
February 14, 2020
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Rio de Janeiro

The paradox of yes: Responding to homelessness with ideas big and small

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Creativity and resourcefulness are essential for people on the streets, but so are grand solutions from the public sector
By
Kaia Sand
February 14, 2020
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Oregon State Capitol

Oregon bill would boost funding to programs for hard-to-reach homeless youths

‘These are kids that have been failed by every single system,’ says a Bend Republican who supports the $2.5 million plan
By
Joanne Zuhl
February 7, 2020
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Graffiti on a building reads: House the Homeless

Our homeless neighbors need more than affordable housing; they need support

DIRECTOR’S DESK | Metro’s proposed ballot measure would fund homeless services through a tax on the Portland area's wealthiest residents
By
Kaia Sand
February 7, 2020

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