We know we can be successful given the right resources and tools Someone asked me this week: Is the homeless and housing crisis really something that should be declared a state of emergency, or was it just politics? I don’t know. You tell me. Is having th ...
8 Oct 2015 - Israel Bayer
The Home For Everyone board recently submitted recommendations to the City of Portland and Multnomah County. Home For Everyone is a plan to bring the community together to oversee an array of complex services to deliver the best outcomes for ending indivi ...
26 Mar 2015 - Israel Bayer
What happens when a group of people experiencing homelessness and poverty decide to take matters into their own hands and organize to improve their quality of life? Unfortunately, they often are looked upon as a nuisance in the community. It’s common know ...
16 Jan 2014 - Israel Bayer
What Portland needs is real leadership on the homeless and housing front to develop a permanent funding source to give people a safe place to call home. Many of us working in the trenches are working to make that dream a reality and looking at a variety o ...
10 Jul 2013 - Israel Bayer
By Israel Bayer, Staff Writer The city is faced with having to ensure that basic serves for the safety net continue at a time of great need. The city faces a $25 million dollar budget gap. The feds continue to cut services for the elderly and people exper ...
18 Mar 2013 - Israel Bayer
Right 2 Dream Too deserves city leadership By Israel Bayer The city should find a way to offer Right 2 Dream Too land to relocate the tent city currently occupying Southwest Fourth and Burnside. The argument that people shouldn’t be living in tents as an ...
2 Aug 2012 - Street Roots
Mayor Sam Adams talks with Street Roots By Joanne Zuhl and Israel Bayer, Staff writers Support him or not, probably few people would want to trade places with Sam Adams right now. His first 18 months in office as Portland’s mayor has been saddled with a c ...
24 Jun 2010 - Street Roots