Regional officials’ focus on securing assistance years in the future does little to address today’s crisis, critics say Federal dollars might — someday — be directed toward nonprofits in the Mid-Willamette Valley to help people experiencing homelessness. ...
22 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
COMMENTARY | The failings of our current system are only accentuated by the coronavirus crisis We shouldn’t be satisfied with a return to normalcy. We need a “new normal.” We are now in a recession, one triggered by government-ordered closures of business ...
21 Apr 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
Soon after Alex joined Street Roots, he became part of the Coronavirus Prevention and Action Team, taking resources to people on the streets Alex Rodriguez is new to Portland and new to Street Roots, but he’s not new to being homeless. When he came to Por ...
20 Apr 2020 - Robin Havenick
With COVID-19 measures comes a new set of challenges for people experiencing blindness and visual impairment, and for their dogs The first complaint came in through the guide dog training school’s main phone line. A caller was angry because a guide dog an ...
19 Apr 2020 - Libby Dowsett
A homeless camp for people of color and another for the general population are also set to open over the weekend With Oregon residents ordered to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic, houseless communities are at increased risk of infection because o ...
18 Apr 2020 - Celeste Noche
Despite coronavirus outbreaks at shelters in other cities, the county isn’t changing its practices, citing measures in place to separate sick people When the novel coronavirus was first confirmed in Oregon, details about its transmission and its symptoms ...
16 Apr 2020 - Emily Green
In a town where residents are often contentious with the homeless population, resources for unhoused residents are scarce during the pandemic McMINNVILLE — When McMinnville’s library closed in response to the coronavirus pandemic, people experiencing home ...
15 Apr 2020 - Tom Henderson
When coronavirus hit, homeless students lost their safe haven: school Butte Falls is written in fine print on the Jackson County map, about 30 miles uphill northeast of Medford. It’s a small community of about 450 people, one gas station, one grocery stor ...
14 Apr 2020 - Joanne Zuhl
Farmworkers are considered essential workers, but they don’t necessarily receive essential services such as health care and unemployment benefits Beatriz Tapia fears tomorrow. So do billions of other people in a world caught in the grip of a deadly pandem ...
11 Apr 2020 - Anna Pedersen and Tom Henderson
Episode 1: DeVon Pouncey interviews the Portland commissioner about COVID-19, the Just Energy Transition Initiative, Portland Street Response, and more On the inaugural episode of the Street Roots Podcast, Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty joined ...
9 Apr 2020 - DeVon Pouncey