Even if addiction isn’t what puts people on the streets, it’s often what keeps them there Fast, cheap and ubiquitous, heroin is engineered for the streets. That’s where Saphire Harris lived, homeless, with her brother and mother. Harris started using as a ...
4 Nov 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Affordable housing and support services fall far short of demand. And, as a surge of evictions looms, the worst is yet to come. There are fewer than a dozen postal addresses along the short stretch of 97th Avenue, between Burnside and Glisan streets, but ...
28 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
From redlining to the Reagan administration to the present-day crisis, the government has spent decades shifting the burden to the private sector Housing is political, and public housing is political dynamite. The truly public buildings of the past have g ...
28 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
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
A series of in-depth articles examining national perspectives around America’s growing housing and homeless crisis streetroots.org/FindingHome Print ...
21 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
The incumbent says he’s frustrated with seemingly apathetic attitudes toward people living in unsanitary conditions on our streets Among Portland’s last four mayors, Ted Wheeler is the first to seek re-election. It’s a tough job. Portland’s mayor often ge ...
14 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green and Jessica Pollard
The candidate wants every neighborhood engaged in helping houseless Portlanders Community organizer Sarah Iannarone first ran for mayor of Portland in 2016, earning about 12% of the vote. Since then, her profile and popularity have grown among Portland’s ...
14 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green and Jessica Pollard
The write-in candidate would draw from her personal experiences in formulating housing policies This is the first time we’ve included a write-in candidate in our election issue, but we believe the circumstances around Teressa Raiford’s campaign warrant he ...
14 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green and Jessica Pollard
The incumbent wants to give renters first right of refusal on home purchases and says she’s looking at how to move traffic enforcement from police to the transportation bureau Chloe Eudaly, the incumbent, went from a bookstore owner and housing activist t ...
14 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green and Jessica Pollard
The candidate says it’s possible to negotiate a good deal with the police union, and he supports moving police budget dollars toward mental health programs Mingus Mapps decided to make a run for Portland City Council after he was terminated from the city’ ...
14 Oct 2020 - Joanne Zuhl and Emily Green and Jessica Pollard