Portland State’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (HRAC) released its annual report on Oregon’s houselessness on Feb. 2, shedding light on the ongoing and increasing crisis affecting the state. …
Don’t criminalize houselessness
Are houseless people criminals simply for existing? The answer is no, they are not—yet, Portland’s city government is implementing a plan to make the answer to that question “yes” on…
Anti-camping laws sweep housing crisis under the rug
Walking down virtually any street in the Portland metro area, one is likely to pass by several campsites belonging to members of the houseless community. Since the start of the…
Killing the commons
Portland is a city of cruel hypocrisies. The white liberals who run the city urge City Council to police the houseless with a brutal efficiency that will remove them from…
New houseless measures dehumanize in the name of compassion
Not much is more politicized than the rising number of people who are experiencing houselessness—particularly those who are considered unsheltered and living in tents. In the latest tri-county Point in…
Portland enacts homelessness ban near schools
Most major cities in the United States struggle with providing affordable housing, and Portland is no exception. Given factors such as the relatively high cost of living in cities like…
Get off our lawn: Portland’s hostile architecture betrays our city’s houseless attitudes
I first noticed it down the street from my apartment earlier this year—random planter boxes placed down on a corner where occasionally one to three houseless neighbors had tents set…
Changing the narrative of houselessness through comics
Changing the Narrative is a research project with a purpose. The program seeks to change the way the general public views the houseless population by creating graphic novels based on…
Ted Wheeler’s recent emergency order is inhumane
A recent emergency order by Ted Wheeler was put in motion this week. The objective was to remove houseless camps along high-crash corridors and freeways, but some Portlanders and advocacy…
Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week
The week of Nov. 13–21 is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. Annually, across the country, people come together to draw attention to the problems of hunger and houselessness, utilizing a…
People for which Portland?
As the costs of living and housing have surged, so has endemic houselessness leading to encampments all across the city of Portland. When the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered entire commercial districts,…