Evictions can put people’s psychological and physical health in jeopardy, OHSU psychologist Shea Lott explains Shea Lott has been reading up on the psychological impacts of evictions, homelessness and unstable housing. Lott is not a social worker. He’s a ...
11 Feb 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Portland's Joyce Hotel, considered the housing of last resort, is closing March 30 The Joyce Hotel, one of downtown’s last rental havens for Portland’s homeless, has given notice to its residents to vacate the premises by March 30. The mass eviction ...
28 Jan 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
The housing advocate says lawmakers’ response must be powerful. And she’s optimistic. More than 300 people packed a conference room Saturday afternoon at the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization in outer northeast Portland. They were there to tal ...
14 Jan 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Lifelong Portlander talks about his city — from youth programs to housing — and other big issues Nathan Brannon has a comedy career spanning a little less than a decade, but to hear him describe it, it’s been “long enough.” Long enough, indeed, to make a ...
7 Jan 2016 - Suzanne Zalokar
Less than two weeks before hosting a West Coast summit of his peers, Portland’s mayor talks about the critical agenda items. Street Roots recently sat down with Portland Mayor Charlie Hales and talked about homelessness and climate change. Hales will be j ...
25 Nov 2015 - Israel Bayer
How Portland’s rental market is making a bad situation worse for survivors of domestic violence Portland’s cutthroat rental market is forcing an increasing number of domestic violence survivors to make a tough choice: stay in an abusive relationship or be ...
5 Nov 2015 - Emily Green
'We’ve got some good things starting' Mayor Charlie Hales, fresh from announcing he will not seek reelection in 2016, says that housing and homelessness are “job one,” demanding “real time, real effort and real money.” In a call from Hales aroun ...
26 Oct 2015 -
Street Roots Family Breakfast keynote address by Marissa Madrigal Marissa Madrigal, former Multnomah County chair, gave this speech Thursday, Oct. 8, at Street Roots’ Annual Family Breakfast. I’m going to start with a confession. Lately, I’ve been feeling ...
15 Oct 2015 - Marissa Madrigal
The new investment will go to support "A Home For Everyone," a community partnership to end homelessness Mayor Charlie Hales and Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury announced this morning a $30 million city and county commitment to support ne ...
30 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
‘House Keys Not Handcuffs’ is an insightful testimony to the trials and triumphs of the homeless Paul Boden’s “ House Keys Not Handcuffs,” a dramatic and disconcerting book on homeless organizing, art and policy in San Francisco and elsewhere, begins with ...
28 Jul 2015 - Paul Von Blum