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
The number can stop you in your tracks. 122. It’s six hours before darkness and you’re number 122 on the list to get into the Salvation Army’s emergency women’s shelter. You’re homeless, and you’ve just made a break from your abuser. With the kindness of ...
3 Oct 2013 - SR editorial board
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
There’s a lot of money — and lives — resting on Oregon’s grand experiment in restructuring health care through Medicaid. Portland metropolitan area’s largest coordinated care organization, Health Share of Oregon, like others across the state, have a manda ...
30 Jul 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
Shelters, domestic violence, foster care among priorities commissioner emphasizes in city’s housing agenda Portland Mayor Charlie Hales shocked City Hall watchers when he announced his bureau assignments in early June. With few exceptions, each commission ...
27 Jun 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
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 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
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
Breaking: Safety net funding prevails in city budget hearing By Joanne Zuhl Staff Writer After months of speculation over budget cuts and service reductions, Portland’s safety net for the homeless and poor has tentatively been restored in this morning’s C ...
30 May 2012 - Street Roots
Nick Fish delivers the state of housing, a Portland story By Nick Fish, Contributing Columnist This week I presented my fourth housing budget to the City Council. It is a good time to reflect on the progress we have made together, the challenges we face, ...
24 Apr 2012 - Street Roots