Under an overpass near Bertha Boulevard is a small village of youths, who are grateful for the help they're receiving from their neighbors S outhwest Bertha Boulevard is busy. It zips through the center of Southwest Portland, connecting major streets ...
9 Jun 2021 - Emma Nathanson
The Portland school, now in its third decade educating students experiencing homelessness, is working to keep students connected It was a cool, rainy Portland morning when Trisha Olson boarded the small school bus she drives every morning. It’s decorated ...
2 Dec 2020 - Christen McCurdy
Developers, politicians and nonprofits are coming together to look at how they can support students Ryan Sturley wasn’t surprised to hear that housing insecurity among students on Portland State University’s campus stood at 45% last year. The statistic, w ...
18 Nov 2020 - Jessica Pollard
In the Portland area, a growing number of students are experiencing some form of homelessness, and COVID-19 has made it harder to balance schoolwork with basic needs Attending college classes online and studying at home doesn’t mean long hours in a home o ...
11 Aug 2020 - Christen McCurdy
COMMENTARY | If we don’t do enough now, today’s youth will struggle with housing insecurity in older age We are in a period of incredibly rapid change and ambiguity, and there is a growing recognition that many of the changes experienced in the past month ...
6 May 2020 - Marisa Espinoza
‘These are kids that have been failed by every single system,’ says a Bend Republican who supports the $2.5 million plan One dollar and 14 cents. That’s the number Rep. Cheri Helt (R-Bend) wanted people to remember at the close of the initial hearing on ...
7 Feb 2020 - Joanne Zuhl