Street Roots, March 24, 2014 Disability Rights Oregon and the Oregon Law Center have filed a class action lawsuit against the Social Security Administration, alleging that its handling of a troubled nonprofit organization is illegal and imperils the financial stability of hundreds of disabled individuals. On March 6, the Social Security Administration Office of the […]
The Portland Mercury, Dec. 9, 2013 See the end of this post for a list of available shelters. They were standing with a group of young people outside Union Gospel Mission. He was wearing snowpants and boots, two jackets and a hat. She was without a hat, in a jacket and gloves, and shivering as […]
News release, Portland Police Bureau, May 22, 2013 The Portland Police Bureau’s Service Coordination Team (SCT) has scheduled a graduation for Thursday May 23, 2013, from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., in City Council Chambers at Portland’s City Hall. City Hall is located at 1220 Southwest 4th Avenue. Coffee and cake will be served immediately afterwards […]
By Denis C. Theriault, Portland Mercury, March 01, 2012 It was about 9pm on a blustery, rain-soaked Tuesday night — and, yet, thanks to a horde of Mardi Gras revelers, Old Town was unusually festive. Precisely what happened next isn’t exactly clear, but the basic inflections of the story, told by a handful of different […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 Federal authorities investigating the Portland Police Bureau’s use of force held their first public meeting Tuesday night in St. Johns to gather citizens’ accounts of their interactions with city officers. More than 60 people attended. Their complaints varied, but all pleaded with the federal investigators to […]
By Maxine Bernstein, The Oregonian, Wednesday, February 22, 2012 An employee of the 24-hour Senvoy courier company heard two shots followed by screams early Wednesday and called 9-1-1, bringing Portland police to Southeast Belmont Street below the Morrison Bridge, where two homeless men were shot while they lay sleeping. One man was struck in the […]
Portland Housing Bureau, ‘News from PHB’, February 14, 2012 The Portland Housing Bureau is investing over $9 million in nonprofit developers to build and preserve affordable rental homes. Last fall, PHB announced the availability of funding through a competitive process and invited developers to submit proposals for either new construction or repair of existing apartments […]
Prince George Citizen, October 13 2008 It’s shortly before 10 p.m. on a brisk fall night and Lio Alaatatoa and Quinn Colling, two outreach workers who specialize in establishing contact with the homeless are underneath one of the many bridges crossing the Willamette River into Portland’s downtown. About a half-dozen “campers” scattered among the pillars […]
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