Holding up the roof at the House By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Housing Alliance is finalizing its advocacy agenda for the 2011 legislative cycle and preparing the case it will make to the state Legislature regarding why the state should support an ...
31 Jan 2011 - Street Roots
Summit galvanizes faith-based efforts for homeless students by Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer It is a jarring number — 18,000. That’s how many students in Oregon public schools experienced homelessness in the 2008-09 school year. That’s a 14 percent increase o ...
8 Jul 2010 - Street Roots
Push for housing levy coming from the grassroots Housing advocates and policy makers in Seattle are celebrating the recent renewal of its housing levy, prompting renewed efforts in Portland to replicate the funding stream here. Approved by 63 percent of v ...
2 Dec 2009 - Street Roots