Pertaining to homelessness and housing programs
The Bulletin, Aug. 4, 2015 While threats of a nonviolent protest and jail fast have been rescinded, tensions are high on Bend’s east side, where a longstanding feud has pitted neighbors and a city councilor against a residential mental health facility. Just below Pilot Butte’s western slope is the home of City Councilor Barb Campbell […]
You Paid For It: Cleaning up camps on Portland streets – KATU.com May 15, 2015 The City of Portland has been working on problems with homelessness long before Charlie Hales was mayor. “People see that, and it’s frustrating on a human level, and it’s frustrating because it’s an unpleasant part of living in the city,” […]
The Register-Guard, April 21, 2015 Last month, Kim Gutierrez, a mother of three girls, moved out of a home she has rented for several years in a neighborhood she loved. “I no longer feel safe here,” Gutierrez said. “I hate to leave here, but that is it.” The source of her anxiety: the large single-family […]
Formatted PDF version of this article Susan F. Mandiberg – Lewis & Clark College Richard L. Harris – Central City Concern (Note – Mandiberg & Harris are married) McGeorge Law Review Volume 46 Issue 4 – 1-1-2014 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 844 II. THE ALCOHOL- AND DRUG-FREE COMMUNITY MODEL 847 A. ADFC Housing: A […]
Citizens Without Addresses – a local report on homelessness This 47 Minute documentary program examines homelessness in the Eugene-Springfield area in 1990-1991 from three perspectives. Who are the homeless? Popular stereotypes fall short of the reality. Why are they homeless? How accessible is the American Dream now? What is being done to help? How effective […]
From The Portland Business Journal, December 31, 2003 Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare will soon break ground on two adjacent apartment buildings that will provide low income housing for individuals with psychiatric disabilities. “What we have learned is that until we can provide stable and safe housing for people with psychiatric disabilities, there is really no hope […]
ADDICTIONS RECOVERY MENTOR PROGRAM BRIDGING THE GAP: DETOX TO TREATMENT SERVICE ENGAGEMENT January 2001 READ – formatted version of this important report (PDF) Abstract The Mentor Program was conceived as a potential intervention in response to mounting evidence of an epidemic of heroin related deaths and low successful treatment completion rates for heroin addicts in […]
By Robert Landauer – editorial columnist for The Oregonian, April 16, 2000. Not available elsewhere online. We have systems that strive to feed the hard to feed, clothe the hard to clothe and educate the hard to educate. We don’t have a system yet to house the hard to house.” Andy Miller of Portland’s Bureau […]
From the Oregonian, January 20, 1995 A little more than a year ago, Portland adopted an ambitious new way to help the homeless. Instead of “warehousing” people in a few mass shelters, it would help them face their problems by using several smaller ones, then moving them into transitional housing. The city launched the plan […]
From the Oregonian, December 8, 1994 The LifeChange center offers more than food, shelter; it offers answers The walls wear fresh paint; the floors, new carpet. A wide-screen television graces the corner of a sun-soaked room. In the bathroom and kitchen, fixtures gleam. In a closet, a new washer and dryer set awaits its first […]
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