One man’s journey to recovery includes reaching out to those left behind David Prescott stands on the corner of Southeast Sixth Avenue and Everett Street in downtown Portland feeling the sun on his face. In his hands he holds the 22-page lease he’s just s ...
8 Oct 2015 - Jon Ross
In September 2012 the snazzy new Blanchet House opened, leaving the original three-story brick building alongside looking forlorn. Over the 60 years that the Catholic Worker-inspired program operated there, at the corner of NW 4th and Glisan, nearly 16 mi ...
15 Jan 2014 - Martha Gies
A look back at the past year in affordable housing, and the investments in play to carry it forward For the past five years, I had the privilege of leading the Portland Housing Bureau. In June, Mayor Hales gave me a new set of bureau assignments, and I pa ...
20 Aug 2013 - Nick Fish