With 60 apartments, a newly completed supportive housing development in northeast Salem will give formerly homeless tenants access to services, community spaces and security starting next week.
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Amid the pain of addiction, few pin their hopes on the government
Oregon politicians want to empower police to make arrests for drug possession again to encourage treatment, but people on the streets say recovery is a choice.
COLUMN: The warriors living on Salem’s streets
Columnist Lynelle WIlcox, who runs the SafeSleep United shelter in Salem, shares two recent stories from people she’s met living unsheltered in Salem.
After resident concerns, Church at the Park will insulate water pipes, prioritize bathroom access in future storms
City Manager Keith Stahley said the city’s homelessness liaison would be part of future emergency management meetings ahead of extreme weather events to alert city leaders to potential challenges facing homeless service providers.
Man, 37, dies in Salem camp while running heater in tent
Johnathan Ryan McCarter’s partner found him unconscious in their tent in an unmanaged camp in central Salem Tuesday morning during an ice storm. Police said the death appears to be from carbon monoxide exposure, though the medical examiner has tests pending.
Housing plans from Oregon Gov. Kotek, lawmakers take shape
Making it easier to annex land and increasing options for middle-income Oregonians are top priorities for the governor’s housing policy this year.
Supreme Court will hear Grants Pass homeless camping case
A Supreme Court ruling on homeless camping won’t have a major impact in Oregon, which has a state law barring cities from punishing people for sleeping outside on public property.
Residents say they face ‘public health crisis’ at Salem micro shelter not readied for icy weather
Residents at Salem’s Village of Hope micro shelter site have gone nearly three days without running water when pipes froze during the winter weather, and said management failed to shovel snow so people using wheelchairs and walkers can reach the bathrooms.
Salem won’t have its annual homeless count this year
The Mid-Willamette Valley Homeless Alliance has decided not to do a Point-in-Time Count of unsheltered people this year, and hopes it can develop it into a less invasive system of collecting and managing data about people who are homeless in Salem.
Kotek signs new housing executive orders on first anniversary in office
Oregon exceeded Kotek’s goals for building new shelter beds, rehousing homeless people and keeping families in their homes.
