Housing/Homelessness

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Police Union contract negotiation listening session offers hope for change but also illustrates the limitations of bargaining

Airs at: Tue, 12/17/2019 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Monday night, Mayor Ted Wheeler and Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty hosted a listening session on the upcoming police contract negotiations. The meeting was open to the public, soliciting community response to the state of policing in Portland. As the contract negotiations... Read more

Will the Feds take over Wapato to warehouse the houseless?

Airs at: Wed, 12/18/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
  Join the 3rd Wednesday Portland Assembly crew as they take a deeper look at signals by the Trump Administration indicating that their “solutions to the homeless issue” may be nothing more than incarcerating homeless people. Will Wapato be a model? Among the many bad sig... Read more

13 TRIPP-P 24Nov2019

Airs at: Mon, 12/16/2019 at 12:00am - Tue, 12/31/2019 at 11:45pm
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
TRIPP-P sits down with Kaia Sand, the Director of Street Roots - "Portland's flagship publication addressing homelessness and poverty since 1998."   In episode #13 we discuss the new Portland Street Response Program and the involvement of Street Roots, how the downtown off... Read more

Rene Denfeld Encore

Airs at: Tue, 12/17/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Stage and Studio
  Dmae presents an encore broadcast of Portland author Rene Denfeld about The Butterfly Girl, her sequel to the The Child Finder. Her follow up to her book about Naomi, a private investigator, an exceptional young woman who has a talent for finding lost children. In this n... Read more

Oregon Age-Friendly Summit offers new ideas for livable communities

Airs at: Mon, 12/09/2019 at 5:15pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  What does it mean to age in place? That was one of the questions under consideration at the kickoff event for a statewide Age-Friendly Summit today. At the Asian Health Services center in Portland, Governor Kate Brown, Mayor Ted Wheeler, and other advocates spoke about ... Read more

Local Folks Podcast Season 3: Helping The Homeless, Episode 3

Airs at: Sun, 12/01/2019 at 6:30pm - Thu, 12/31/2020 at 6:30pm
Produced for:  Local Folks
There are so many obstacles to providing services to the homeless. They are often hard to contact because they do not have an address or a phone and they often don't have the documentation that we take for granted such as a driver’s license or a birth certificate. Couple th... Read more

Oregon's millionaires are increasing: We explore why

Airs at: Tue, 11/26/2019 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
  Oregon, the land of millionaires. New research shows the rate of people with million dollar incomes is growing in Oregon faster than any other state, with Washington close behind.  KBOO's Annette Newell talks to Juan Carlos Ordonez with the Oregon Center for Public Poli... Read more

12 TRIPP-P 17Nov2019

Airs at: Fri, 11/22/2019 at 12:00am - 12:45am
Produced for:  TRIPP-P
The only headline for this podcast episode is the lived experiences and lessons learned about life, from guest LaQuida "Q" Landford. 'Q" is a Community health Practitioner and a powerhouse behind the AfroVillagePDX project in collaboration with HRAC (PSU's Homelessness Re... Read more

Thanksgiving on the Streets, with 3rd Wednesday Crew

Airs at: Wed, 11/20/2019 at 8:00am - 9:00am
Produced for:  Wednesday Talk Radio
    What are your Thanksgiving traditions? How might those change if you lost your home? Join Paul, Portland Assembly and guests to discuss the ways folks living on the streets try to stay connected to family and community during the holidays. We’ll also talk about what T... Read more

Portland Street Response promises needed shift to first responder structure

Airs at: Thu, 11/14/2019 at 6:00pm
Produced for:  Evening News
  Businesses, community members and non-profits announced their support for Portland Street Response on November 14. Portland Street response is an alternative first responder program, led by Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty, that proposes to modernize Portland’s system by ad... Read more