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
Extra! Extra! It’s going to be a great weekend, the weatherman says, with a 100 percent chance of Street Roots coming to a neighborhood near you. Pick up your copy tomorrow morning and share a sunny smile with your friendly vendor. Here’s what’s rolling o ...
12 Apr 2012 - Street Roots
Portland safety net swings in balance of city budget talks City’s housing and homeless services play the competitive waiting game for coveted one-time appropriations By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Looking at the housing and homeless landscape these days, Po ...
28 Mar 2012 - Street Roots
City opens up overnight camping option for select sites By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer For years, Portland’s anti-camping ordinance has been the target of countless demonstrations by the homeless and their supporters. They have marched, protested and held v ...
4 Jan 2012 - Street Roots
Best quotes from Street Roots interviews in 2011 "I don’t think we’re in the buggy whip business just yet. But I sometimes wonder if we’re going to be the last. I’m not nostalgic, but I enjoy, and still think most people do, the printed book. It’s a ...
29 Dec 2011 - Street Roots
City weighs affordable housing funds in urban renewal areas By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer It’s been six years since Portland voted to dedicate 30 percent of the city’s urban renewal funds toward affordable housing. It was a controversial decision at a time ...
16 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Parks bureau to create new rangers to patrol public parks BY JAKE THOMAS, CONTRIBUTING WRITER Portland Parks and Recreation’s contract for downtown security services is coming up for renewal. And with the season’s change is in the air. Currently, a subsid ...
12 Oct 2011 - Street Roots
Portland gets funding for people living with HIV/AIDS on the skids Back in March Street Roots reported on people experiencing homelessness with HIV/AIDS with the story Positive in poverty. In 2010, we also reported on the HIV/AIDS community losing funding ...
27 Sep 2011 - Street Roots
Update on state's rejection of fair housing complaint By Joanne Zuhl The Portland Housing Bureau says it stands by its Fair Housing Action plan, even as the credibility of the fair housing survey fanned its creation it has been cast into doubt. “We’r ...
23 Aug 2011 - Street Roots
Breaking News: State rejects Fair Housing Council's complaint Oregon’s Bureau of Labor and Industries has dismissed the only complaint by the Fair Housing Council of Oregon against a Portland landlord accused of discriminating against tenants, follow ...
23 Aug 2011 - Street Roots