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April Ehrlich/JPR NewsLast week, a federal court ruled that citing people in Grants Pass for camping or sleeping in public is unconstitutional. The decision invalidated sleeping ordinances in Grants Pass, but clarification is still needed for other municipalities. -
April EhrlichWhen COVID-19 hit Oregon, the shelter-in-place mandate seemed out of reach for people experiencing homelessness. Although COVID cases are rising, temporary services to homeless campers along Jackson County’s Bear Creek Greenway have been discontinued.
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NPR's Noel King speaks with Matt Desmond, founder of Princeton's Eviction Lab, about the threat of a rising number of evictions nationwide as federal evictions relief draws to an end.
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Police officers often deal with cases involving drug addiction, mental illness, and homelessness. These often require skills that are more like social work than law enforcement. But is using police the best way to deal with social issues such as homelessness in Jackson County?
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Tuesday new funding for a program to find permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness amid the coronavirus pandemic.
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Rogue Valley agencies pivoted approach
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Former White House advisor says it's more than numbers
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Dollars distributed to meet community needs
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to spend over half a billion dollars in federal money to purchase hotels and convert them into permanent housing for people experiencing homelessness.
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Farm to School and Fry Family Farm team up
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San Francisco's homelessness solution is one that was once thought unthinkable: city-sanctioned open-air encampments. The advent of COVID-19 forced city leaders to make the difficult decision.
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Watch as unsheltered Californians capture moments from their everyday lives — and talk about how they struggle to stay safe and healthy under circumstances that have often grown only more hazardous.
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As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in Oregon, some cities and counties worked quickly to provide areas where unsheltered people could safely quarantine.But in Jackson County, shelters have closed or limited their capacity, and people who are homeless are encouraged to sleep near a greenway where it’s illegal to camp.
