Service providers say the new guidelines bring uncertainty as the city becomes more aggressive with sweeps of houseless camps P ortland city leaders adopted a code change in April intended to get houseless people off streets and into shelters. But with ca ...
9 Jun 2021 - Christen McCurdy
The Portland school, now in its third decade educating students experiencing homelessness, is working to keep students connected It was a cool, rainy Portland morning when Trisha Olson boarded the small school bus she drives every morning. It’s decorated ...
2 Dec 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Officials attribute the flat numbers to emergency preparedness and good luck The number of new cases of COVID-19 among Portland’s unhoused population has remained flat even as overall case counts have climbed upward, Multnomah County health officials say. ...
4 Nov 2020 - Christen McCurdy
In the Portland area, a growing number of students are experiencing some form of homelessness, and COVID-19 has made it harder to balance schoolwork with basic needs Attending college classes online and studying at home doesn’t mean long hours in a home o ...
11 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Harbor of Hope intends to build 153 units at 148th and East Burnside The River District Navigation Center opened at the end of August to considerable fanfare from local media and public officials — and some skepticism. Now, the nonprofit behind the shelte ...
6 Mar 2020 - Christen McCurdy
The city wants to add more sites to its Safe Parking pilot, modeled after a decades-old Eugene program The city of Beaverton is looking for more sites that would allow houseless residents to park safely overnight at facilities like churches — and a code c ...
14 Feb 2020 - Christen McCurdy
The U.S. representatives' housing justice forum draws hundreds Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) took his plan to reform U.S. housing policy on tour this past weekend, joined by fellow Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Hundreds of people packed the Robert G. ...
31 Jan 2020 - Christen McCurdy
‘Our housing policy needs a major remodel,’ the senator says During a stop this month in southwest Portland, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) touted his plan to increase the stock of affordable housing and expand the affordable-housing tax credit. Wyden introdu ...
15 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy