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The Western Regional Advocacy Project, which works on behalf of homeless people, proposes the Right to Rest Act.Paul Boden and Jade Arellano of WRAP flesh out the details of the proposed law.

On Thursday, the Medford City Council will consider purchasing the Redwood Inn from the region’s largest homeless services provider, Rogue Retreat.

A volunteer-run winter shelter in Ashland could be taken over by nonprofit Options for Helping Residents of Ashland, because of volunteer shortages.

The founder of the Rogue Valley’s largest homeless services organization was terminated this week, following allegations of conversion therapy at his church.

The City of Medford has paused payment of a $11,550 grant to a local church following a report that alleges conversion therapy is being practiced there. The pastor of the church, Chad McComas, is also the founder of homeless nonprofit Rogue Retreat.

Towns along the I-5 corridor have opened severe weather shelters in response to snow and temperatures dropping into the teens this week.

Oregon lawmakers in the House approved a measure Monday to increase the amount of time people who are unhoused receive before being forced to move.

New data from the Oregon Department of Education shows the number of K-12 students experiencing homelessness in the state grew by about two percent last…

Living outside is never easy, but it could be deadly this time of year.A Portland man living on the street succumbed to hypothermia Monday, as…

Voters in Ft. Bragg have rejected a proposed ban on social service organizations in the town’s downtown area. While it would have applied to a wide range…

Forty-four tons of trash, three shipping containers stuffed with people’s personal belongings, and close to 150 humans: all were removed from Palco Marsh…

It took longer than its supporters envisioned, but Opportunity Village Eugene finally got off the ground, and has a track record now. The village is a…