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Without Notice
Park Rangers Destroy Homeless Man’s Belongings
Portland’s park rangers destroyed $716.91 of homeless man Wesley Flowers’ property.
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Doors Open and Shut
Affordable Housing Waitlist Opens, Sort of
The list for affordable housing is so long, you could die waiting to get a place to live.
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Where He/She Belongs
Bigendered Person Wins Claims Against Portland Women’s Shelters
LEE/LISA IACUZZI and his/her three-legged dog, Rowdy, aren’t interested in fitting in. A bigendered person who was born a woman but now identifies as a “he” and a “she” simultaneously, Iacuzzi has won two gender discrimination claims against different Portland women’s shelters in the last six months. And Iacuzzi isn’t stopping there. Now, in a […]
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In Other News
Low-income residents of the Arthur Hotel on SW 11th were told last Thursday, May 22, that they’re likely to face eviction this Sunday. It’s disturbing news for resident Daniel Roscoe, who has been there just over four months and pays $500 a month. Before that, Roscoe lived and worked at the Blanchet House for three […]
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Rules of the Game
Homeless Protest Stretches On
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, May 13, with the homeless protesters in front of city hall facing enforcement of the city’s camping ordinance, five representatives sat down with Mayor Tom Potter. The meeting did not go so well. Potter didn’t let the protesters record the conversation. Afterward, protest organizer Arthur Rios Sr. waved the mayor’s prepared statement, and […]
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Swing Out, Sister
Homeless Nonprofit Resigns from Sit-Lie Group
SISTERS OF THE ROAD, a nonprofit that works with the homeless, resigned from the mayor’s Street Access for Everyone (SAFE) oversight committee last week, vowing instead to devote its time to advocating for the repeal of the city’s controversial sit-lie and anti-camping laws. The sit-lie law emerged from the SAFE committee, but Sisters isn’t happy […]
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Unhappy Campers
Homeless Protest Continues, Politicos Take Notice
OVER THE PAST two weeks, a makeshift homeless encampment has been growing in front of city hall. Kicking off on Friday, April 25, a few men and women who’d been “swept” out from under the Burnside Bridge—where they usually slept—set up camp on the sidewalk, against city hall’s cement balustrade. They gathered there to protest […]
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Sweep This
Homeless Set up Protest Camp at City Hall
TWENTY-SEVEN HOMELESS people slept on the sidewalk outside city hall on Monday night, April 28, and remained there into the day on Tuesday, in protest of a series of recent bridge sweeps by the Portland Police Bureau. The group, which says it plans to stay outside city hall until the politicians inside find them somewhere […]
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In the Shadows
Watchdogging
Michael Glover speaks to his dog, Gidget, in a Native American dialect, so that no one else can control her. If someone comes near while he’s asleep, Gidget barks. “But she’s not just my watchdog,” he says. “She’s my friend.” Glover has been homeless in Portland since January 18, and like most people on the […]
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Old Town Shuffle
New Tenants Move In, Poor People Move…Where?
Old Town is changing fast, with two major new tenants moving in at the west end of the Burnside Bridge, potentially kicking off a makeover for the entire neighborhood. But hold it! Such makeovers don’t always suit the poor or homeless, or those struggling to cope with mental health issues, for whom Old Town has […]
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In Other News
HOMELESS CENTER VOTE City council voted 4-0 last Wednesday morning, March 5, to site an access center for the homeless on Block U in Old Town, opposite Union Station. If for some reason the center can’t be developed on Block U, council also voted to keep Block 25 as a fallback option. City Commissioner Erik […]