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Candidate Q & A: Commissioner Dan Saltzman and Challenger Nicholas Caleb talk affordable housing

Commissioner Dan Saltzman and his challenger Nicholas Caleb are running Portland Commissioner No. 3. Street Roots posed three questions to the candidates on housing and homelessness. Street Roots: Portland is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. The ...

1 May 2014 - Street Roots Staff
For the Record: Jan 17-30, 2014

Pounds of coffee donated by Stumptown in 2013: 14,000 Number of nonprofits Stumptown supported in 2013, including Street Roots: 160 Units of carbon dioxide emission reduced by Stumptown in 2013: 9,300 Number of cars removed from the road to equal 9,300 un ...

28 Jan 2014 - Street Roots Staff
Nick Fish: Losing housing bureau 'bittersweet'

Few City Hall pairings have been as joined at the hip as Commissioner Nick Fish and the Portland Housing Bureau. In his tenure on the City Council, Fish has been the architect of the city’s current housing and homeless operations, a defender of the social ...

4 Jun 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Safety net funding fares well in city budget

Safety net services for Portland’s poor and homeless faced down another season of funding cuts and emerge virtually intact in Mayor Charlie Hale’s budget, released this morning in City Hall. While federal cuts are still going to hit the city’s housing and ...

30 Apr 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Housing and homeless services face deep cuts

The new 2013-14 proposed budget from the City of Portland is out. The Portland Housing Bureau, which oversees a myriad of housing and homeless services, is facing a $1 million dollar cut from the city budget and an additional $1.2 million dollar cut from ...

7 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff