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Homelessness Archive

Stop Death on the Streets Holds Demonstration at City Manager’s House

The caravan protest comes after recent sweeps of unhoused people's camps during COVID-19

BlogNews 4 years ago

The caravan of cars circles around City Manager Sarah Medary’s house for a second time at around 7:30 pm, their horns blaring as the demonstrators … Continue reading →

A Freezing Weekend for our Unhoused Community

Eugene expects a low overnight temperature Sunday of 26 degrees 

BlogNews 5 years ago

As Eugene and America as a whole continue to adjust to COVID-19, we are also facing and searching for solutions for a large homeless population. … Continue reading →

A TAC Progress Report

Eugene, Lane County discuss addressing homelessness and where they are on the five-year plan

BlogNews 5 years ago

At an Oct. 14 joint work session with the Lane County Board of County Commissioners and Eugene City Council, elected officials discussed homelessness and progress … Continue reading →

The Will to Find a Way?

Lane County’s emergency shelters closed on June 5 amid reduced shelter capacity and a projected increase in homelessness

BlogNews 5 years ago

Pool parties, bars open until midnight and pick-up soccer games: These are some of the highlights from Phase Two of Oregon’s plan to reopen. But … Continue reading →

A Marathon and a Sprint

Homelessness nonprofits prepare for COVID-19

News 5 years ago

We’ve heard the recommendations dozens of times: Wash your hands with soap and water, for at least 20 seconds; social distance at least six feet … Continue reading →

The Poor Among Us

How Lane County citizens once banded together to help the poor

News 5 years ago

In 1886, 27 years after Oregon became a state, the citizens of Lane County decided to help the poor. They gathered together and wrote a letter … Continue reading →

Mourn the Dead

Remembering those who have died unhoused in Eugene this year

BlogNews 5 years ago

Stripped to their core, all the homeless own is the concrete, dirt and their wits. The concrete is unforgiving, the dirt turns to mud this … Continue reading →

Douglas County Homeless Shelter Rejected … by the City of Roseburg

The city forces Douglas County to take down temporary homeless shelter

BlogNews 5 years ago

Douglas County, Lane County’s politically conservative neighbor to the south, is one of the few in the state that has tried to address homelessness by … Continue reading →

Police Set Up Surveillance Trailer at Homeless Protest Camp Across from Newspaper Office

The Eugene Police Department surveillance trailer sits amidst a longstanding protest camp and across from the alt weekly newspaper

BlogNews 6 years ago

The Eugene Police Department has set up a surveillance trailer to monitor a homeless protest camp across from Eugene Weekly. EW has reached out to … Continue reading →

Egan Warming Center Will Be Open Oct. 29 and 30

Egan normally does not open until later in November but is responding to the early cold temperatures

BlogNews 6 years ago

Egan Warming Center will activate at 8 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 29, and Wednesday, Oct. 30  at Lane Events Center in the Wheeler Pavilion. St. … Continue reading →

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