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April Ehrlich / JPRMedford officials and homeless advocates are finalizing details on the city’s first severe weather shelter. But rather than a single location, it will be a network of resources that can be deployed to different sites. -
Judi's Midnight Diner / Siskiyou Rising TideIn Medford, like many other cities, there’s virtually no place for homeless people to legally go when the weather turns cold. In response, a Jackson County-based activist group has established a pop-up warming center for homeless people in the area.
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California Agencies Charged With Combating Homelessness Lack Oversight And Coordination: State AuditA lack of oversight and coordination among California agencies charged with addressing homelessness has hampered efforts to solve the growing crisis, according to a new state audit.
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In just over a month, Ashland will have a new 50-person shelter for people who are experiencing homelessness, have been displaced by wildfire, or are struggling with the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. It will come in the form of a move-in-ready Super 8 hotel.
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While not a ban on anti-camping laws, House Bill 3115 is designed to ensure cities around the state are aligned with recent federal rulings limiting how local governments can regulate camping.
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A small group of homeless people and advocates is camping in a little-used parking structure near the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in downtown Ashland.
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Attorneys for nine people arrested in a controversial homeless camp sweep in Medford say they are not deterred by the city’s recent decision to uphold criminal charges.
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Newsom Awards $76.5M To Convert Motels, Vacant Apartments Into Permanent Housing For Homeless PeopleGov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday the first round of awards through Project Homekey, an effort to purchase and convert motels and vacant apartment buildings into housing for the homeless.
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When 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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The Arcata Playhouse production of "A Woman's Place is in Her Home" is more than theater. Because the seed for the production is a series of interviews…
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Rogue Retreat is working to make lightning strike again, this time in Grants Pass. Rogue Retreat had success setting up small houses for homeless people…
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Gov. Gavin Newsom made the unusual decision Wednesday to devote his entire annual State of the State address to California’s homelessness crisis, which…
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Counts of homeless people, known as “point-in-time” counts are taking place across Oregon this week, including in Jackson County on Monday.At the…
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It's a miserable time of year to be living outdoors, but plenty of people do it all over the country. And this is the time of year a headcount of those…
