Jeremiah Hayden

1 month ago | streetroots.org | Jeremiah Hayden

Note: Street Roots’ interview with Jorge Luis Reinaldo was conducted in Spanish, with assistance from an interpreter. Quotes are translated as directly as possible while maintaining appropriate context. The room fills with cheers as the news comes in. Whether they’ve been granted protection in the U.S. or finding out they’ll soon be deported, everyone held in a Tacoma immigration facility is ready to celebrate. One more person is no longer stuck in the limbo of a crowded warehouse.

1 month ago | streetroots.org | Jeremiah Hayden

Donate Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper For those who can't afford free speech by | 21 May 2025 It takes about seven minutes for Portland Street Response to get downtown from its South Waterfront headquarters. But amid a sudden February 2023 snowstorm, GPS estimated it would take close to 45 minutes. Regardless, the small crew of clinical social workers and EMTs on shift that day knew someone had to get there.

2 months ago | streetroots.org | Jeremiah Hayden

Donate Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper For those who can't afford free speech by | 16 Apr 2025 When developers broke ground on a half-billion-dollar luxury hotel and condo highrise in 2019, developer Walter Bowen and local officials boasted the project would contribute the largest investment in affordable housing Portland had ever seen — $8 million.

2 months ago | streetroots.org | Jeremiah Hayden

Donate Portland, Oregon's award-winning weekly street newspaper For those who can't afford free speech by | 9 Apr 2025 Shaky hands. Pounding fists. Long letters. Urgent meeting requests. Temper tantrums and threats to leave City Hall — or the city altogether.

Mar 28, 2025 | streetroots.org | Jeremiah Hayden

The legality of Grants Pass’ homelessness policies is once again under fire. A judge halted enforcement of the city’s latest rules on March 28 while a lawsuit to toss them permanently moves forward. Josephine County Circuit Court Judge Sarah McGlaughlin issued a preliminary injunction that bars Grants Pass from enforcing two ordinances regulating homelessness in local parks until it increases the capacity of its designated sites to sufficiently accommodate homeless residents.