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  1. Director’s Desk: Portland's housing crisis, today and tomorrow

    A year-end roundup of what’s shaking on the homeless and housing front People ask Street Roots why we aren’t covering more of the housing crisis in the newspaper. It’s a simple answer for a complex problem: We pride ourselves on publishing original conten ...

    23 Dec 2015 - Israel Bayer

  2. Director’s Desk: What you can do to help people on the streets

    Today, making your voice heard about homelessness is more important than it has been in years Everywhere I go, people ask me, “What can I do to help people experiencing homelessness? I feel helpless, and I’m not sure my voice actually matters.”  What do I ...

    22 Oct 2015 - Israel Bayer

  3. What will it take to end homelessness?

    Portland, like many cities throughout the United States, finds itself at a crossroads. How do we collectively tackle the housing crisis and begin to really put the resources needed into ending homelessness? Anna Griffin’s series on homelessness in The Ore ...

    18 Feb 2015 - Israel Bayer

  4. Ending homelessness starts with human rights

    A common misnomer in many communities, including Portland, is that when you offer services to people experiencing homelessness and poverty, you attract more people experiencing homelessness. We call it the magnet myth. The reality is this kind of thinking ...

    30 Jan 2015 - Israel Bayer

  5. Homeless plans come and go, but progress needs sustainability

    The story of ending people’s homelessness in our community and around the country over the past 30 years is so dysfunctional it’s hard to explain to the general public what’s worked and what hasn’t worked. A little history might help. Between the years of ...

    29 Sep 2014 - Israel Bayer

  6. Let’s give people something to believe in

    It’s time to embrace the idea of organized camping and the Tiny House Movement in Portland for people experiencing poverty. We are now three decades into to the rise of massive homelessness in the United States. During that time we’ve seen tens of billion ...

    16 Aug 2014 - Israel Bayer

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