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April Ehrlich / JPR NewsJournalists, legal observers and people assisting the unhoused went to Hawthorne Park on Sept. 22 to observe the sweep. Almost a dozen wound up in handcuffs. -
Eight people arrested by the Medford Police Department during a recent homeless camp sweep said late Sunday night they plan to sue the city, its police department and Jackson County.
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A collection of tents continues to grow in a public park in Medford after last week’s deadly wildfires. Public testimony for and against the camp took up much of the time at Thursday’s city council meeting.
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A collection of tents has popped up in a public park in Medford after the Almeda Fire destroyed more than 2,000 homes in Southern Oregon
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More Oregonians are exchanging their empty bottles and cans for 10-cent deposit returns than they have in years past. A number of factors are playing into the upswing, including an increased need for additional income.
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Oregonians who have struggled to get unemployment benefits shared their experiences with lawmakers during a remote hearing Thursday.
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The move could prevent millions of evictions that housing advocates warn are looming as people who have lost work run out of money. Landlord groups want to know who will pay for the lost rent.
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No rent forgiveness for tenants. No money for landlords to help them meet their mortgage payments. And no real time to do anything else.
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Renters whose incomes have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic are running out of time before local eviction moratoriums end.
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Millions of people who have lost all or some of their income are having to make hard choices — from moving across the country for cheaper rent to raiding retirement savings.
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Many local workers and entrepreneurs are struggling to deal with an overburdened unemployment bureaucracy that's hard to navigate, and that sometimes completely fails to deliver badly needed help.
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A temporary campground in Medford is meant to lure homeless people off the nearby Bear Creek Greenway, at least for now. And it's helping a portion of the Greenway's campers get needed services. So, what now?
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The 1,600 evictions are likely a significant undercount of how many renters have been forced to leave their homes since the pandemic struck, as both court-sanctioned and informal evictions often do not show up on the sheriffs’ lockout lists obtained by CalMatters.
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Federal and state eviction bans, put in place during the pandemic, have lapsed. President Trump's executive order to prevent evictions isn't enough and Congress needs to act, housing activists say.
