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Kristian Foden-Vencil/OPBHomelessness used to mainly be a problem for bigger cities. But nowadays, a mixture of high housing costs, the pandemic, and a lack of mental health services, means homeless camps are popping-up in smaller towns too. -
Rogue RetreatThe Medford City Council will vote at its Thursday meeting on whether to authorize the purchase of land for the city’s Urban Campground for homeless individuals.
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What will eventually be Eugene’s largest transitional shelter site is roughly halfway completed. Everyone Village in west Eugene is aiming to provide 100 spaces on its acreage, and give residents a safe and secure environment. -
Some homeless services organizations in Portland are borrowing a concept from the commercial real estate world to quickly house people experiencing homelessness. Now they’re looking to scale up the use of what’s called master leasing.
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California lawmakers and activists are pressing Gov. Gavin Newsom to spend more to help the state’s poorest residents.
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A poll shows Oregon voters are focused on housing affordability and homelessness.
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A new report from Portland State University found that a majority of people living in these tiny villages are satisfied, and that neighbors who live next to these communities grow less concerned over time.
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A state senator wants to send no-strings-attached checks to homeless high school seniors in California, where basic income programs are beginning to “feel a lot more like a movement.”
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Gov. Gavin Newsom introduced a plan in early March that would compel treatment for as many as 12,000 people with severe mental illness and drug addiction — including many experiencing homelessness. Here's how that plan is taking shape.
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Enrique Rodriguez Jr., 24, had roughly double the legal limit of alcohol in his blood when he allegedly plowed into a homeless encampment in Salem, Ore., early Sunday morning.
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The governor’s new proposal would require all 58 counties to participate in the program to compel people with serious mental illnesses into treatment.
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In 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom spearheaded “Project Homekey,” to help counties acquire and convert motels into long-term supportive housing for the homeless. Kaiser Health News reporter Anna Maria Barry-Jester recently wrote about people who are benefitting from the program. In her conversation with JPR’s Erik Neumann, she explains why she focused on rural Del Norte County in northwest California.
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Senator Alex Padilla will introduce legislation to pump more than $531 billion into affordable housing projects around the country.
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California’s spiraling housing crisis is often understood through the lens of its big cities. But in rural Del Norte County, on California's northwest tip, housing people in precarious situations presents different challenges. Here's how one approach is showing promise.
