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homelessness
All articles tagged "homelessness"
News
Jun 28
2:41 PM
What the Supreme Court’s Ruling Against Homelessness Means for Portland and Oregon
Portland must still abide by state law—policy which some experts say should be adopted by the entire nation.
Courtney Vaughn
&
Taylor Griggs
News
May 9
8:49 AM
Portland Approves New Public Camping Ordinance, After Facing Legal Pressure
The new rules no longer restrict camping hours, but still include fines and jail for non-compliance if a person refuses available shelter.
Courtney Vaughn
News
Mar 14
8:00 AM
City, County Leaders Unveil Plans to Cut Homeless Count By Half. Not Everyone Is On Board.
Joint efforts would see about $57 million spent to open 1,000 more shelter beds and a sobering center.
Courtney Vaughn
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News
Feb 8
6:15 AM
Portland Aims to Have 780 Village-Style Shelter Beds Open by End of 2024
New humanitarian operations director says city will prioritize wraparound services to get people out of shelter and into housing.
Courtney Vaughn
News
Jan 29
11:55 AM
New Report Highlights Major Gaps in Portland Region's Shelter, Housing, and Services for LGBTQ+ Residents
Despite Portland's reputation as a queer-friendly city, barriers to housing and shelter leave vulnerable people displaced.
Courtney Vaughn
News
Dec 23
4:30 PM
Report: 315 People Died While Homeless in Multnomah County in 2022
The annual "Domicile Unknown" report shows a sharp uptick in deaths of residents living without stable housing. Some point to disconnects in local government as catalysts.
Courtney Vaughn
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News
Oct 10
8:07 PM
A Low-Income Housing Complex Was Lauded as a Model for Pulling People Out of Homelessness. Three Years Later, Tenants Are Fleeing.
Residents at Argyle Gardens in Portland’s Kenton neighborhood report neglect, rampant theft, and habitability issues. Some are now back in shelters.
Courtney Vaughn
News
Sep 29
2:40 PM
Class-Action Lawsuit Challenges Portland's New Anti-Homeless Camping Ordinance
Attorneys with Oregon Law Center allege the city's rules violate state legislation aimed at preventing criminalization of homelessness.
Courtney Vaughn
News
Mar 30
7:30 AM
Majority of Portland Street Response Workers Condemn Commissioner Gonzalez’s Tent Ban
Isabella Garcia
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homelessness
Mar 9
3:21 PM
Portland’s First Sanctioned Mass Homeless Camp Expected to Open This Summer in Central Eastside
California-based nonprofit Urban Alchemy will run the 150 person camp.
Isabella Garcia
News
Aug 19
12:08 PM
Mayor Wheeler Again Relies on Executive Powers to Restrict Homeless Camping
Alex Zielinski
Housing
Jun 20
4:00 AM
A Safe Place to Sleep
How an Experimental Village for Homeless Women Defied Portland’s Expectations
Alex Zielinski
News
Jan 31
4:00 AM
Portland Has a Brand New Houseless Community
Advocates Say the Village of Hope is a Sanctuary, But the City’s Planning a Crackdown
Thacher Schmid
News
Jan 17
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: Incoming Calls
A Local Attorney Believes the City’s NIMBYs Can Help Fix Homelessness—and Now He Has Their Numbers
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Jan 17
4:00 AM
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.
Thacher Schmid
News
Dec 13
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: Crossing Columbia
Mayor Ted Wheeler’s Office Has Been Quietly Looking to Expand Sidewalk Regulations for Months, an Aide Says
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Dec 6
4:00 AM
Portland Has Strict Standards For Outlawing Sidewalk Sitting—Unless Cops Ask
Now the recent decision to expand no-sit sidewalks has created a headache for Mayor Ted Wheeler
Dirk VanderHart
News
Nov 29
4:00 AM
As Winter Approaches, the Homeless Are Using Dangerous Methods to Keep Warm
It’s a Costly Side Effect of Portland’s Housing Crisis
Thacher Schmid
News
Nov 22
4:00 AM
In Other News
Budget Cuts Amid Surging Tax Revenues? Homelessness Officials Prep for Winter.
Mercury Staff
News
Oct 18
4:00 AM
In Other News
Relaxed Camping Laws, Racist Backpedalling, and the Thorns Are Champions!
Mercury Staff
News
Oct 11
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: Echoes of Charlie
As Ted Wheeler Steeps Himself in the Homelessness Crisis, He’s Sounding More Like His Predecessor
Dirk VanderHart
News
Sep 13
4:00 AM
Old Town Neighbors Are Fighting a New Homeless Shelter by Citing a Decades-Old Agreement
They Sort of Have a Point
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 30
4:00 AM
The City’s Now Using “No Camping” Signs to Deter Campers from Parks
And It Might Be Working?
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 30
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: Back on Hoyt Street
Officials Are Eyeing an Old Town Warehouse for Shelter Space. Will This Time Be Different?
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 23
4:00 AM
In Other News
Homelessness Services Are Up! PBOT Swoosh Artist Pays!
Mercury Staff
Housing
Aug 16
4:00 AM
The Run-down Stewart Apartments Are a Sanctuary for Poor Portlanders
They Might Be Gone at the End of the Month
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 16
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: The People in Your Neighborhood
Overlook’s Neighborhood Association Has a Dumb Idea: Exclude the Homeless!
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 2
4:00 AM
East Portland Advocates Are Trying to Fill a Sudden Gap in Homeless Assistance
But Their Meal Services Are Angering Neighbors
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Jul 12
4:00 AM
RV Camping Has Exploded on Portland Streets
Now, Cops Are Using State Law to Justify Lightning-Quick Tows
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Jun 21
4:00 AM
If You Build It...
As Homelessness Spikes, Hundreds of New Shelter Beds Are Being Put to Use
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Apr 12
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: A Miracle Move for R2DToo?
The Camp’s Latest Proposed Home Could Be Perfect—For A Year or So
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Mar 22
4:00 AM
A Business Owner Was Cleared for Killing a Homeless Man Last Month
But Official Reports Raise Questions
Dirk VanderHart
News
Mar 15
4:00 AM
In Other News
Kenton Says “YIMBY!” ONI Director Bounces
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Mar 15
4:00 AM
Portlanders Desperate for Federal Housing Assistance Won’t Get It This Year
And You Can Probably Guess One Reason Why
Dirk VanderHart
News
Mar 1
4:00 AM
A Homeless Man Was Killed on 82nd Last Week
His Family Wonders Why It Was So Hard to Get Him Help
Dirk VanderHart
News
Feb 22
4:00 AM
Quest for Rest
Oregon Lawmakers Are Focused on Renter Protections. Will They Ignore a Push to Help the Homeless?
Dirk VanderHart
homelessness
Feb 15
11:35 AM
Is a Tarp a Home?
Inside the Case That Could Protect Homeless People Against Unwarranted Police Searches
Heidi Groover
News
Feb 15
4:00 AM
Right 2 Dream Too’s Most Prominent Advocate Has Left Camp
But Ibrahim Mubarak is Still Spreading the Gospel of Peer-Run Shelters, and Pushing New Statewide Homeless Protections
Dirk VanderHart
News
Dec 21
4:00 AM
From Massive Sweeps to Legal Camping, No Portland Mayor Has Wrestled with Homelessness Like Charlie Hales
So How’d He Do?
Dirk VanderHart
News
Oct 12
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: A Rudderless Harbor?
A Terminal 1 Homeless Shelter is Proceeding, But Who Will Run It?
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 17
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: Unlikely Allies at Terminal 1
A Proposed Homeless Shelter in Northwest Portland Is Making for Strange Bedfellows
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 10
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: The Sweeps Didn’t Stop
No Matter What You’ve Heard, Illegal Camping Never Left
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 3
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor—The New (Old) Era of Charlie Hales
The Mayor’s Pulling Back His Most Radical, “Rational” Policy on Homelessness
Dirk VanderHart
News
Aug 3
4:00 AM
Officials Have Ogled More than 120 Properties as Possible Homeless Shelters
Here’s What You Can Glean from That List
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jul 27
4:00 AM
As Portland’s Largest-Ever Homeless Sweep Looms, Advocates Plot Resistance
They’re Setting Up a “Refugee Camp” and Offering to Help People Stay Put
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jul 20
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor—The Biggest Whack-A-Mole
Hundreds of Homeless Are About to Be Swept. Where to Is Anyone’s Guess
Dirk VanderHart
News
Jun 8
4:00 AM
Portland Might Have Found a Site for Its Next Homeless Camp
The Problem? It's Contaminated
Dirk VanderHart
News
May 11
4:00 AM
Without Permission, Advocates Just Built a New Homeless Camp for Victims of Sexual Assault
And It's One Portland Desperately Needs
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
May 4
4:00 AM
Meet the Next Wave of Portland Homeless Camps
It's Being Forged in a High School Geometry Class
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Apr 27
4:00 AM
In Other News
(Expensive) Affordable Housing, and a Homelessness Throwdown
News
Apr 13
4:00 AM
Hall Monitor: New Team, Same Problems
Will Portland's New Homelessness Office Leave Out Our Latest Efforts?
Dirk VanderHart
News
Mar 30
4:00 AM
In Other News
Billboard Bounced! Bay Area Love!
News
Mar 23
4:00 AM
Portland's New Plan to Help Homeless People Leave Town Comes with Questions
Like: Will We Really Track People's Fingerprints?
Dirk VanderHart
Housing
Mar 16
4:00 AM
The City Has A New Front In the Fight Against Homelessness
And It's Probably Not Who You Were Expecting
Dirk VanderHart