The vulnerable residents of this affordable complex in downtown Portland have found an ally The 31 low-income tenants facing eviction from the Lincoln Hotel in downtown Portland have found an ally in Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury. Before a Jan. ...
11 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Local agencies weigh budget options to alleviate the high-stress and low-wage conditions social-service workers face on the front lines of the homeless crisis Low wages, high staff turnover, stress and low morale are rife among the staff at homeless servi ...
21 Dec 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Danielle Outlaw tells Street Roots staff and vendors that police are chasing the radio while getting blamed for problems they cannot solve Danielle Outlaw has been thrust into the spotlight. The first African-American woman to serve as chief of the Portla ...
7 Dec 2018 - Emily Green and John Emshwiller
Five Street Roots vendors talk about life on the streets In the 2017 Multnomah County Point In Time homeless count, 1,355 adult women were identified as homeless, making up 36 percent of the total homeless population. This was up more than 16 percent from ...
7 Dec 2018 - Helen Hill
COMMENTARY | Saying Measure 103 will keep food banks tax free is like saying it will keep the sky blue All Oregonians deserve access to safe, affordable homes and healthy food. That is why we are urging a yes vote on Measure 102 and a no vote on Measure 1 ...
2 Nov 2018 - Annie Kirschner
Last summer, the Clackamas Service Center was nearly destroyed by fire. Today, it has reopened with a new vision and fresh approach to helping the neighborhood. Necessity is the mother of invention, as the saying goes. For the Clackamas Service Center, wh ...
12 Oct 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
DIRECTOR’S DESK | Criminalizing people for being homeless is cruel and inhumane, the Ninth Circuit Court ruled A lot gets written in a day, and on Tuesday, Sept. 4, Donald Trump managed to punch out 16 wild and furious tweets. But among this frenzy, it’s ...
7 Sep 2018 - Kaia Sand
Mercy Corps Northwest is piloting a program for several Street Roots vendors, matching income they earn with money for housing costs Recently, a Street Roots vendor showed up in our office refreshed. His face looked smoother, more rested, than it had earl ...
24 Aug 2018 - Kaia Sand
Rep. Keny-Guyer is considering a proposal to limit the mortgage interest deduction, whose dollars disproportionately benefit wealthy Oregonians State Rep. Alissa Keny-Guyer (D-Portland) said she will revisit Oregon’s largest and most popular housing subsi ...
17 Aug 2018 - Joanne Zuhl
An intergenerational setting at New Meadows supports youths as they transition into adulthood You might think senior citizens would shudder at the thought of a throng of teenagers and 20-somethings moving in down the block, but the so-called “elders” at t ...
10 Aug 2018 - Libby Dowsett