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Tag: homeless village

Guardian

No link between homeless villages and crime rates, Guardian review suggests

May 29, 2018July 27, 2020 Thacher Schmid

Guardian study of two US cities finds crime is likelier to go down than up in neighborhoods that host city-sanctioned encampments They stood in a rainy parking lot under fir trees, 60 homeless men and women, young and old, patient … Continue reading No link between homeless villages and crime rates, Guardian review suggests

Portland Mercury

Portland Has a Brand New Houseless Community

February 1, 2018March 20, 2018 Thacher Schmid

Advocates Say the Village of Hope is a Sanctuary, But the City’s Planning a Crackdown PORTLAND’S NEWEST unsanctioned houseless community popped up on Sunday morning, on city-owned land in a woodsy corner of deep Northeast Portland. Led by veteran homeless … Continue reading Portland Has a Brand New Houseless Community

Portland Mercury

A New Self-Managed Homeless Village Just Sprang Up in Northeast Portland

January 30, 2018February 1, 2018 Thacher Schmid

The “Village of Hope” Sits on City-Owned Land, and Is the First Such Community to Emerge Under Mayor Ted Wheeler Portland’s newest houseless village popped up this morning on city-owned land in a far-flung, woodsy corner of Northeast Portland’s Wilkes … Continue reading A New Self-Managed Homeless Village Just Sprang Up in Northeast Portland

Portland Tribune

Village movement gains traction, goes mainstream

July 30, 2017July 30, 2017 Thacher Schmid

With market forces pushing rents ever higher in Portland and throughout the state, Michael Parkhurst is looking for creative strategies to lower the cost of providing homes to those who might otherwise live on the streets. “I think there’s a … Continue reading Village movement gains traction, goes mainstream

Portland Tribune

Why villages?

July 16, 2017November 30, 2018 Thacher Schmid

Homeless villages offer residents what shelters often can’t: a sense of safety and a chance to reconnect PORTLAND, Ore. — Helping to build the homeless village where he lives has given Bob Brimmer’s life focus, he says. More than that, living there … Continue reading Why villages?

Portland Tribune

From protest to a place of their own

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 Thacher Schmid

City’s early homeless villages shaped new housing experiments locally and globally as part of movement to reimagine how the homeless should live PAMPLIN MEDIA PHOTO: JIM CLARK – Dignity Village founder Jack Tafari (right) sat on the steps of a … Continue reading From protest to a place of their own

Portland Tribune

It Brings a Village

June 13, 2017 Thacher Schmid

By Amanda Waldroupe, Thacher Schmid and Camela Raymond For years, a graveled lot directly north of Kenton Park in North Portland’s Kenton neighborhood, sat vacant. But on June 5, a work crew arrived on North Argyle Street to begin transforming … Continue reading It Brings a Village

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