OPINION | We must build on these transformative gains, which have been necessary all along T iny house villages on city land. Car and RV safe parking. Motels purchased for housing. Public toilets. Cash for the poor. These are some gains made for people li ...
24 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand
OPINION | Tell the City Council that Portland needs to expand options for houseless residents Parking lots where people in cars and RVs can safely park while accessing hygiene services. Campsites supported by garbage pickup, hand-washing stations and port ...
3 Mar 2021 - Kaia Sand
Realtors’ efforts paved the way for the dire lack of housing solutions in Josephine County Grants Pass, the hub of Southern Oregon’s Josephine County, just saw its plan for a short-term homeless shelter collapse under the pressure of community opposition. ...
24 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
STREET SMART ECONOMICS | Prepare to step up locally, in case the feds don’t The crisis of affordable housing can only be met by a well-funded government program to buy, renovate and build excellent public housing. The private sector has not and will not m ...
17 Feb 2021 - Mary King
Portland officials must give residents more time and other options As the executive director of Trash for Peace, a nonprofit that provides sustainability education and low-barrier job opportunities in waste prevention and recycling, I have seen first-hand ...
10 Feb 2021 - Laura Kutner To...
The city of Portland should work with houseless people, not displace them from stable communities like Hazelnut Grove A cross the U.S. on a daily basis, city officials order unhoused people swept — evicted — out of ostensible concern for their health and ...
10 Feb 2021 - Erin Goodling
OPINION | It is a tragically flawed decision to evict people from Hazelnut Grove when people are living and dying on the streets F rom the Overlook bluff, I looked down at Hazelnut Grove, nestled among evergreen trees and brush. Then I took in the larger ...
9 Feb 2021 - Kaia Sand
Destructive policy undermines the constructive work being done in Portland "I t always seems impossible until its done,” reads a handmade sign at Hazelnut Grove. A small band of houseless folks built the hillside community in North Portland from the ...
3 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
OPINION | Too often, the city of Portland does battle with communities like Hazelnut Grove rather than building from the leadership on the streets Scott placed the small ship by his window, light streaming through its sails. “We like to think that’s the s ...
27 Jan 2021 - Kaia Sand
In 2019, 113 people died homeless in Multnomah County. Now is the time for bold measures. Last year, 113 people died homeless on the streets of Multnomah County. For some who lived so isolated — despite being so exposed — this grim statistic is the only r ...
22 Dec 2020 - SR editorial board