Volunteers set up the Village of Hope in a city-owned natural area in Northeast Portland on Sunday. Thomas Teal As threatened, Portland police and park rangers swooped in at roughly 7 am this morning to clear out the Village of Hope, the new homeless encampment that sprung up last weekend near Northeast Airport Way and […]
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Portland’s Bet on Forcing Developers to Build Affordable Housing Is Getting Lackluster Results
Now, Mayor Ted Wheeler Wants to Offer a Sweeter Deal
Now, Mayor Ted Wheeler wants to offer a sweeter deal.
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A New Self-Managed Homeless Village Just Sprang Up in Northeast Portland
The “Village of Hope” Sits on City-Owned Land, and Is the First Such Community to Emerge Under Mayor Ted Wheeler
Volunteers carry gear into the “Village of Hope,” a new self-managed homeless village that sprang up in deep Northeast Portland today. Thomas Teal Portland’s newest houseless village popped up this morning on city-owned land in a far-flung, woodsy corner of Northeast Portland’s Wilkes Neighborhood. At 10 am, a group of a dozen volunteers, led by […]
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KGW Homelessness Poll Reveals Most Portlanders Would Rather Complain About Homelessness Than Do Anything About It
KGW has released the results of a poll conducted by DHM Research in which Portlanders voiced their concerns about the homelessness crisis. To the surprise of no one, the poll reflected the questionable narrative being pushed by business leaders (such as the Portland Business Alliance, and Columbia Sportswear’s Tim Boyle) that Portland has become a […]
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After a Heated Hearing, the County is Moving Forward with a Homeless Shelter on SE Foster
6144 SE Foster, site of a new homeless shelter coming this autumn. Google Even in a city that’s basically a Thunderdome of homeowners battling any change that approaches their neighborhood, today’s meeting of the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners was bruising. In a 4-1 vote, the board approved a 10-year lease for a long-term homeless […]
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Portland’s Small-Time Landlords Don’t Have to Follow Renter Protections
But as City Council Prepares to Reconsider, a New Study Suggests Thousands of Tenants Are at Risk
But as city council prepares to reconsider, a new study suggests thousands of tenants are at risk
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A New Report Suggests More than 24,000 Rental Units Aren’t Subject to Portland’s Strongest Tenant Protections
Mayor Ted Wheeler Isn’t Sure a Change Is Called For
Mayor Ted Wheeler isn’t sure a change is called for.
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R2DToo Is No Longer in the Epicenter of Portland’s Homelessness Crisis
Seven Months After the Village Moved, A Lot Has Changed. And A Lot Hasn’t.
Seven months after the village moved, a lot has changed. And a lot hasn’t.
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Oregon’s Constitution Has Shackled Portland’s $258 Million Housing Bond
Now, State Lawmakers Say They Have the Key
Now, state lawmakers say they have the key.
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Read This Guardian Report on Relocating the Homeless
Courtesy the Guardian There’s a very interesting and highly researched article in the Guardian about American cities who are dealing with their homeless population by buying them one-way bus tickets out of the city. The authors have really done their homework on this, tracking down participants in the program to find out what happened after […]
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Eighty Homeless People Died On City Streets Last Year, New Report Shows
Adam Wickham Eighty homeless people died on the streets of Portland last year, a downtick from 2015’s grim figure that nonetheless “should remove all doubt that homelessness is the challenge of our time,” according to a report released by Multnomah County this morning. The annual Domicile Unknown report [PDF] tallies the deaths of people in […]
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Mayor Wheeler Demands Retraction from the Guardian
City of Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler is taking a lot of heat today from activists who are angry that he may have encouraged Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle to write an Oregonian op-ed about Portland’s homelessness problem, per a scathing article in the Guardian: Intriguingly, Boyle has said that he wrote the op-ed at the […]