Beaverton’s Nina Fekaris talks about the complicated overlap of housing, health care and education in Oregon’s rural communities According to Oregon Health & Science University’s Office of Rural Health, Oregon has 53 service areas in 24 counties where ...
19 Jan 2018 - Sarah Hansell
Accessing food, shelter and employment can be especially challenging in a rural community. Sara and her 10-year-old son know this firsthand. One woman, one 10-year-old boy, two cats, two dogs, all living in a van in a Walmart parking lot. This is what hom ...
29 Dec 2017 - Arkady Brown
Rural Oregon is experiencing one of the worst housing crises of our lifetime Elizabeth Reyes grew up in Lincoln City. The small tourist town on the Oregon Coast is her home, where she works full time and spends her money, where her children go to school. ...
1 Dec 2017 - Joanne Zuhl
Street Roots' two-year project covering rural housing issues. Read the series: Street Roots received funding from Meyer Memorial Trust’s Affordable Housing Initiative to develop dedicated reporting on rural housing issues. The goal is to broaden our ...
1 Oct 2017 - Street Roots