Willamette Week

Portland is Towing Caravans of RVs Off the Streets. Here’s What It’s Like Inside Those Motor Homes.

July 26, 2017April 8, 2018 Thacher Schmid

This city has never before seen so many recreational vehicles parked on its streets. There is a stretch of North Lombard Street called the Strip: a line of 12 RVs parked snout to bumper on the west side of the … Continue reading Portland is Towing Caravans of RVs Off the Streets. Here’s What It’s Like Inside Those Motor Homes.

TruthOut

Going deep into the Oak Leaf: Things get funky at nexus of mobile homes, affordable housing

October 19, 2016April 12, 2017 Thacher Schmid

Just a minute inside Victor Johanson’s single-wide trailer at the Oak Leaf Mobile Home Park on NE Killingsworth in Portland, Oregon, and three things became clear. First, mold spores in the air were at a level so high as to … Continue reading Going deep into the Oak Leaf: Things get funky at nexus of mobile homes, affordable housing