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PSU Associate Professor Greg Townley. Courtesy of PSU
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SCEC holds a discussion on hunger and homelessness

  • Meghan Utzman
  • December 1, 2020

In honor and recognition of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, the Student Community Engagement Center at Portland State held an online educational panel with local educators and professional activists to…

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New study shows basic needs insecurity is widespread among PSU students and employees

  • Dylan Jefferies
  • October 5, 2020

The Portland State Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative released its findings on Sept. 23 from a recent study which found that basic needs insecurity is widespread among students and employees…

Rep. Rashida Tlaib delivers an impassioned speech addressing houselessness in America at Jefferson High School on Jan. 25 2020. Emma Wallace/PSU Vanguard
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Addressing housing crisis at local town hall

  • Justin Grinnell
  • January 28, 2020

All it takes to end houselessness is to get rid of one aircraft carrier, according to Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib who represents Michigan’s 13th district. On Jan. 25, a packed Jefferson…

A houseless person's bag with a beggars sign reading "Will not bother you" at the Union Station MAX stop taken May 30th, 2019. Alex Wittwer/PSU Vanguard
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Housing inaction is inexcusable

  • Alex-Jon Earl
  • January 14, 2020

It’s 9:15 a.m., and I’m on the MAX headed to campus. It’s not too early, but it still feels it regardless. Across from me is a person who I’ve seen…

Courtesy of Dana Townsend
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PSU president addresses concerns over new safety plan

  • Quinn Stoddard
  • November 11, 2019

In response to the Homelessness Action and Research Collaboration stating concerns that Interim President Percy’s holistic public safety plan fails to adequately address race, Percy said they will seek to…

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PSU study estimates 38,000 houseless on streets of Portland Metro

  • Anamika Vaughan
  • August 28, 2019

A new study out of Portland State’s Homelessness Research and Action Collaborative and the Joint Office of Homeless Services found approximately 38,000 people experienced houselessness in Multnomah, Washington and Clackamas…

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Houselessness advocacy group protests business improvement districts

  • Cory Elia
  • September 26, 2018

Houselessness advocacy group Western Regional Advocacy Project held a rally on Sept. 18 in Pioneer Courthouse Square to launch a campaign against business improvement districts—divisions of cities in which businesses…

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Portland residents form petition demanding new approach to houselessness

  • Cory Elia
  • September 16, 2018

Earlier this summer, Elliott Young, a history professor at Lewis & Clark College, started a petition addressed to Mayor Ted Wheeler and City Commissioners Chloe Eudaly, Nick Fish, Amanda Fritz…

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Keeping hope alive: The eviction

  • Cory Elia
  • February 5, 2018

Before sunrise and less than 24 hours before Village of Hope was forced to vacate, activists gathered at the houseless community Thursday, Feb. 1, to protest the camp’s impending eviction….

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Keeping hope alive: The celebration

  • Joe Michael Riedl
  • February 5, 2018

Village of Hope, Portland’s newest self-managed houseless community, opened and shut within five days this week. Nestled inside a thicket of trees and meandering trails along the Columbia River Slough…

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Open Letter to Ted Wheeler: Preserve hope for the homeless

  • Guest columnist
  • February 5, 2018

To Mayor Ted Wheeler, I am writing to ask you to allow the self-managed houseless community in Northeast Portland, Village of Hope, to remain in place. Please listen to the…

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