Street Roots asked candidates running for Portland City Council position two and position three their plans regarding homelessness, cost of living, pandemic recovery and more. You can read more 2022 election coverage here. Portland City Council Position 2 ...
7 May 2022 - Street Roots
PHOTOS | Advocates participating in the weeklong Give Us Shelter March are calling for Oregon to declare a state of emergency on housing Advocating for a state of emergency to be declared on Oregon’s housing crisis, demonstrators set off from Portland on ...
31 May 2019 - Street Roots
While more people were sleeping in shelters, Multnomah County's overall homeless population spiked, according to the county's latest Point-In-Time count It’s not surprising Portland saw a 10 percent increase in homelessness from 2016 to 2017. Th ...
23 Jun 2017 - Street Roots
Los Angeles and Seattle have also seen an increase in homelessness – and they're taking action Multnomah County's overall homeless population has increased 10 percent since 2015, according to the 2017 Homeless Point-In-Time count. But Portland i ...
22 Jun 2017 - Street Roots
Each idea brings controversy with it, but none will solve all of Portland's housing issues Time and again, despite the rhetoric, we are reminded that homelessness is not a one-dimensional issue. It is the byproduct of the unlimited combinations of ec ...
28 Jul 2016 - Street Roots
How housing faired at the past session in Salem by Alison McIntosh, Contributing Writer Looking ahead to February 2012 — our voices can create housing opportunity. The State Legislature has been adjourned for over two weeks now, and we’re a little more th ...
27 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Holding up the roof at the House By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Housing Alliance is finalizing its advocacy agenda for the 2011 legislative cycle and preparing the case it will make to the state Legislature regarding why the state should support an ...
31 Jan 2011 - Street Roots
Clock winds down on remaining West Hotel residents [caption id="attachment_4394" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="The West Hotel on Northwest 6th Avenue."] [/caption] by Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer With o ...
30 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Commentary: The bad habits have to go By Heather Lyons Contributing Writer I’ve spent a lot of time looking at spreadsheets lately. These spreadsheets attempt to quantify programmatic need and calculate the resources necessary to develop permanent support ...
23 Apr 2010 - Street Roots
Extra! Extra! April has arrived! And so has your new Street Roots! Well, almost. Vendors will be hard at work Friday morning unloading the latest edition for your reading pleasure this weekend. Here’s a sampling of what’s inside this issue: A conversation ...
1 Apr 2010 - Street Roots