America needs to invest in housing infrastructure that provides all of us safety and stability Like the air we breathe and the food we eat, housing is a basic human need. But even before the pandemic hit, our housing system was already broken. We’ve seen ...
24 Mar 2021 - Brook Fadley
The program, similar to a universal basic income, is targeted to low-income residents As a coalition of city leaders around the U.S. gathers to support a guaranteed income, various communities are evaluating how it might work in their hometowns. A guarant ...
30 Nov 2020 - Annemarie Cuccia
The White House’s attitudes toward homelessness could grow the population it wishes to sweep away As of this writing, the future of the Trump administration is unknown. What comes next may be the end of a contentious legacy of a single-term president or a ...
21 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The U.S. representatives' housing justice forum draws hundreds Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) took his plan to reform U.S. housing policy on tour this past weekend, joined by fellow Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Hundreds of people packed the Robert G. ...
31 Jan 2020 - Christen McCurdy
‘Our housing policy needs a major remodel,’ the senator says During a stop this month in southwest Portland, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) touted his plan to increase the stock of affordable housing and expand the affordable-housing tax credit. Wyden introdu ...
15 Nov 2019 - Christen McCurdy
DIRECTOR’S DESK | The Council of Economic Advisers is wrong to recommend a police response When Trump dog-whistles, the hounds of hate come bounding. That’s why Street Roots convened a group of partners on Sept. 25 to draw the line clearly: Donald Trump’s ...
27 Sep 2019 - Kaia Sand
The congressman from Portland hopes to flip the script on centuries of government-sanctioned discrimination Congressman Earl Blumenauer doesn’t consider himself naive. He’s been in politics most of his life, from the Portland City Council to serving Orego ...
13 Sep 2019 - Joanne Zuhl
DIRECTOR’S DESK | Our president, who deplores the visibility of homelessness, doesn't understand the federal government’s role in the housing crisis On Monday, Trump free-associated about homelessness with Fox News’ right-wing provocateur Tucker Carl ...
3 Jul 2019 - Kaia Sand
Sit-lie ordinances are 'cruel and unusual punishment' when no alternatives exist Local governments will have a harder time forcing homeless people out of public spaces after a ruling by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that government cann ...
12 Apr 2019 - Ashley Archibald
COMMENTARY | Homeless students deserve the same education as their peers Improving educational outcomes for all of Oregon’s students is urgent business. That’s why it was so important to me to add a provision in the Every Student Succeeds Act, passed by ...
8 Feb 2019 - Ron Wyden