Earlier this month, the City Club of Portland released a report – based on a thorough review of academic research, media reports and interviews with stakeholders – concluding what homeless advocates have been saying for more than 20 years: housing is heal ...
27 Jan 2015 - Christen McCurdy
A lot people in the housing community, for better or worse, are worked up over Anna Griffin’s ongoing series on homelessness in The Oregonian. Get used to it. A new story will come out every Friday for the next six weeks. Wait, does this mean I’m promotin ...
23 Jan 2015 - Israel Bayer
BikePortland Publisher and Editor Jonathan Maus has been reporting on a growing concern that some homeless camps in Portland have become “chop shops” for stolen bicycles. One recent headline stated, “ Police search suspected Springwater chop shop, find st ...
9 Jan 2015 - Israel Bayer
A new report released last week by the City Club of Portland outlines the challenges and opportunities our community faces concerning homelessness and health care reform. The report found what many advocates have argued for years, that one of the greatest ...
9 Jan 2015 - SR editorial board
For decades, Art Hazelwood has used his sinister style of art as a means of educating society about complex social issues by way of posters and books. His often dark and nefarious-looking images frequently attack powerful figures that he believes are dire ...
2 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
Governor John Kitzhaber’s newly proposed budget includes an unprecedented investment of $100 million to increase housing for homeless families with children – a hefty investment when compared with a similarly funded investment of only $7.5 million during ...
1 Dec 2014 - Emily Green
For nearly a year, Street Roots has been advocating for a more centralized location for homeless campers who have their possessions confiscated during camp sweeps. A recent article in the Portland Mercury outlines just how ridiculous the entire situation ...
1 Dec 2014 - SR editorial board
What kind of a cold, mean, and even sadistic homeless service provider would you need to be to tell a family of three, four or five people living in a single room occupancy hotel or “illegally” sleeping on the floor of a friend’s apartment that is despera ...
12 Aug 2014 - Paul Boden
Street Roots vendors work hard in the summer. It’s not easy. Being homeless in the summertime isn’t any fun. Longer periods of daylight are a welcome sign for many Portlanders, but for many people on the streets it can mean going long stretches of time wi ...
10 Jul 2014 - Israel Bayer
Central City Concern’s Health Services Advisory Council gives consumers the opportunity to express their and peers opinions on how the Old Town Clinic operates, and empowers members to have a voice in the community. Toward this endeavor, I had the opportu ...
17 Jun 2014 - Samm McCrary