Portland Housing Bureau works to help people maintain stability From Margaret Van Vliet is the director of the Portland Housing Bureau With its recent pieces on the West Hotel, Street Roots continues its diligent reporting on issues concerning some of the ...
22 Dec 2010 - Street Roots
Women's Warming Center opens at TPI On the one of the worst nights of the year to date, the Women’s Warming Center will be opening tonight with a capacity of 70 women. Women can reserve a space at the warming center by contacting Transition Projects. ...
17 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Street Roots calls for city, state to change relocation policy to mirror federal law The story about the West Hotel sheds light on a small but significant loophole in Oregon’s housing system that can have a major impact on the lives of people experiencing ...
17 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Times up at the West with less than a month left to find housing [caption id="attachment_4329" align="alignnone" width="500" caption="West Hotel on NW 6th between Davis and Couch"] [/caption] By Amanda Waldroupe, St ...
17 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
City pumps $1 million into housing bottleneck By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Portland Housing Bureau announced this month how it plans to spend a $1 million special allocation to address the rise in homelessness in Portland. The money is being used ...
5 Nov 2010 - Street Roots
Youth outreach programs awarded city support Staff Reports Janus Youth, one of the cornerstone organizations behind Portland’s Homeless Youth Continuum, is among several grantees receiving relief funding through the city of Portland’s one-time $1 million ...
15 Oct 2010 - Street Roots
City plans pilot for storage downtown By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer A facility providing storage spaces for homeless individuals to store their belongings during the day is expected to open in mid-September as the result of a public-private partnershi ...
1 Sep 2010 - Street Roots
Proposals sought on $1 million for homeless programs By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer The Portland Housing Bureau plans to solicit proposals from social-service agencies on Aug. 26 on how to spend a special appropriation of $1 million for homeless and ho ...
30 Aug 2010 - Street Roots
Man of the hour — Nick Fish In the cavernous meeting hall of the Governor Hotel, as 200 people dined at the REACH Community Development Corporation’s annual donor luncheon, Nick Fish was seated off in a corner at the table with members of the newly create ...
23 Dec 2009 - Street Roots
City deserves kudos for emergency response Editorial from the Dec. 13 edition Street Roots has been around the block a time or two when it comes to cold weather in the Portland region. We’ve had vendors die in the cold and have stayed open around the cloc ...
16 Dec 2009 - Street Roots