Salem-News.com News Feed for articles tagged with homeless www.salem-news.com 2010 Democrats in the House of Representatives condemned Republican inaction on a series of bills designed to address the housing crisis in Oregon. After the deadline passed to schedule a hearing on Monday, and Democrats were unable to convince a Republican committee chair to discuss the measures, it appeared certain that the legislation would not move forward... http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/foreclosures-oregon.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february082012/foreclosures-oregon.php Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:46:00 PST A report this week by Xinhua news agency, describes the extreme, freezing conditions families in Afghanistan are attempting to survive. They won't all make it. Never in all of my life will I forget my freezing 2006/08 winter covering the war in Afghanistan. http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/afghan-winter-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february052012/afghan-winter-tk.php Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:30:00 PST St. Paul, Minnesota's "problem property" remedy- targeting low-income renter-occupied properties for housing violations, condemnations and evictions, is earning the wrath of 12 state AG's. They want federal anti-discrimination laws to apply to cases involving discriminatory practice. http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/discrimination-housing.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january312012/discrimination-housing.php Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:45:00 PST We all know it is not just American and Lebanese politicians who use Palestinian refugees as political footballs during electoral campaigns. But they are currently the two most egregious apart from most Zionist politicians in temporarily occupied Palestine. http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/sabra-shatila-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january302012/sabra-shatila-fl.php Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:12:00 PST Last-minute decisions often do not yield good public policy. Congress has demonstrated this repeatedly. Consider last summer's raise-the-debt-ceiling circus. Or more recently, the midnight-hour deal to extend the payroll tax cut only for a couple of months. http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/family-paychecks-cs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january272012/family-paychecks-cs.php Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:13:00 PST Water Rescue crews from Salem Fire and other local agencies had their hands full today when a call came in from several victims trapped by rising flood waters on the Willamette River. The Willamette River crested today at 28.5". The woman in the video below, relates her story of being caught by rising river flood waters that left her no escape route. http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/water-rescue-tk-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january202012/water-rescue-tk-jf.php Fri, 20 Jan 2012 22:48:00 PST Christmas is fast approaching and food pantries along with “soup” kitchens across America are almost universally experiencing hardship. Not only are pantries suffering major shortages in supplies and donations, they are experiencing dramatically increased numbers of homeless and/or hungry patrons. In conversations with a number of Samaritan services throughout the nation a picture emerges that fails to support the “official” statements of elected representatives from Selectmen all the way up to the President. http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/december112011/holiday-charity-mdp.php Sun, 11 Dec 2011 18:43:00 PST A family in Keizer was forced to evacuate their home late in the night when the unknown odor in the home grew to the point- smoke drove them from the house. Keizer Police and Firefighters arrived to find a fully involved garage fire that extended into the house and burned to the second floor attic. The calls to 911 began at 00:12:55 a.m. (12 minutes after midnight) and a Keizer Police Patrol unit arrived 4 minutes later and reported the house fully involved in fire. http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/keizer-fire-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november282011/keizer-fire-jf.php Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:06:00 PST Today at noon, Bread for the World activists participated in a nationwide effort to form “human circles” around programs that help vulnerable people lift themselves out of poverty. http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/bread-poor.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/bread-poor.php Wed, 16 Nov 2011 15:10:00 PST We need to all raise awareness on Homelessness in Great Britain. As you may know the number of homeless People is increasing and nowadays many places that were still better than nothing for the night have been fenced or closed down. By chance I had to use trains recently at night and what I saw was appalling. In the Leeds train station there even was a young girl with her mother, the mother was on a bench near her daughter who rested in a ready bed with "Hello Kitty" design - she was this young!- http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/homeless-uk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/november162011/homeless-uk.php Wed, 16 Nov 2011 14:30:00 PST A day in a village on the beautiful coast of northern Sri Lanka: a lady combing the hair of a small girl crouching at her feet. She leans over and whispers something to her husband who is sitting beside her holding on to two other children. The scene could easily be captured on a picture postcard but if one looks closer the reality is grimmer. Many of the surrounding houses have been reduced to rubble or are heavily damaged: a reminder of Sri Lanka’s bloody decade long civil war. http://salem-news.com/articles/october312011/forgotten-returnees.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october312011/forgotten-returnees.php Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:54:00 PDT People, Occupy Protests and The Face of Homeless People, including mainstream news reporters, tend to play down the significance of the protests because so many of the "protesters" are homeless, often involved with alcohol and drug abuse, used to relieve the pain. At first, I was discouraged by this scene, but kept going back to try to understand the root causes and dynamics of the protests. http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/homeless-occupation-wp.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october232011/homeless-occupation-wp.php Sun, 23 Oct 2011 15:06:00 PDT Occupy Salem is underway and the number of activists who have moved into Wilson Park, adjacent to the Oregon state capital, is growing, as are the potential problems the group is facing trying to maintain their public demonstration. http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/occupy-salem-tents-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/occupy-salem-tents-jf.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 22:46:00 PDT Our first real sign of political violence was during the disturbance at the Smithsonian when Patrick Howley of the nocon rag, American Spectator, led an attack of agent provacateurs on the Smithsonian. Our thanks to Charlie Grapski for catching Howley, one of many preparing to push peaceful protest into political violence on behalf of corporate greed. http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/ows-targeted-gd.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/ows-targeted-gd.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:07:00 PDT It has taken a while for mainstream media to cover the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. What took them so long? Is the media spinning the why and wherefore and main purpose of the demonstrations? Now three weeks into the protests has the coverage begun, or has the world, or a window of it, come to them? http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/wall-st_protests-dm.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october122011/wall-st_protests-dm.php Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:24:00 PDT The spirit of Salem sometimes steps up and surprises people and the Occupy Salem event that kicked off Monday is a great example. Like Portland, where crowds swelled in excess of 10,000 during its opening last week, Salem saw a larger-than-anticipated turnout with several hundred attending its kick-off. http://salem-news.com/articles/october112011/occupy-salem-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october112011/occupy-salem-tk.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:38:00 PDT The Occupy Portland rally is continuing to draw media attention and plenty of participation. It seems clear most calling for a new day in America in this Oregon city are really sincere and as we have seen all across the country, there is no age group, no particular type of people, rather all types and they are working together to support the massive effort. The groups behind the effort are asking for support from those who care, tarps, tents and food are items they need plenty of. http://salem-news.com/articles/october112011/oregon-occupied-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october112011/oregon-occupied-tk.php Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:09:00 PDT Homeless residents in Salem say they are scared, wondering if police are going to soon clear them out their makeshift living arrangements just as the weather gets cold. Police in Salem do historically route the homeless from encampments. A man and woman attending the Occupy Salem event that kicked off Monday, say living without a home is hard. http://salem-news.com/articles/october102011/homeless-fears.php http://salem-news.com/articles/october102011/homeless-fears.php Mon, 10 Oct 2011 22:22:00 PDT Next week, President Barack Obama plans to lay out an agenda to jumpstart the American economy and create jobs. Oregon’s Jeff Merkley is urging him to use that opportunity to take aggressive action to keep families in their homes. http://salem-news.com/articles/august302011/merkley-obama.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august302011/merkley-obama.php Tue, 30 Aug 2011 22:28:00 PDT Having grown up in Southern California, I have always been well aware of the brutality police officers are capable of. There are many evil horrendous cases of unaddressed police abuse in this country, but some, like the case of Kelly Thomas, the schizophrenic man recently tortured and beaten to death in Fullerton, California remind us that this police abuse is taking place right under our nose. http://salem-news.com/articles/august022011/fullerton-death-tk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/august022011/fullerton-death-tk.php Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:00:00 PDT Animal rescue experts are ready to take in pets projected to be affected by South Dakota flooding of the Missouri River this weekend. Animal rescue organizations will rescue domestic animals affected by the floods and provide them with temporary shelter. http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/homeless-animals.php http://salem-news.com/articles/june032011/homeless-animals.php Fri, 03 Jun 2011 14:13:00 PDT An apartment fire in Amity Friday night led to the total destruction of a building that has long been a part of this rural town in the Mid-Willamette Valley between Salem and McMinnville. Local resident Paul Hendrix says a number of people live in the multi-level apartment building but luckily there were no injuries. The fire destroyed a building containing both apartments and businesses, a spokesperson with the Amity Fire Department told reporters. http://salem-news.com/articles/february262011/amity-fire-jf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february262011/amity-fire-jf.php Sat, 26 Feb 2011 01:32:00 PST Did you hear about Oregon's whopping spending increase for a subsidized housing program? Chances are you didn't, because this spending program -- the home mortgage interest deduction -- exists in the shadows of the tax code. Its results are not something legislators can brag about. http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/cost-homes-cs.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february252011/cost-homes-cs.php Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:44:00 PST Panicked Israeli leaders and their agents in Congress are busy trying to convince the American public how vital and cheap the $3 billion per year cost of Camp David is for America’s security while they know the truth is precisely the opposite. The Tahrir Square “Hurriya!” tremors spreading across the Middle East may or may not be impacting today’s events in the historically liberal Wisconsin and other areas of America, yet most of us would agree that the Tunisian-Egyptian revolutions are being felt far and wide and appear to be dramatically gaining steam. http://salem-news.com/articles/february222011/hurriya-freedom-fl.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february222011/hurriya-freedom-fl.php Tue, 22 Feb 2011 03:36:00 PST According to U.S. Census data released this week, homeownership rates have dropped to their lowest level since 1998. Homeownership rates for Hispanics, African Americans and Native Americans have dropped more severely than for whites (2010 data for Asian Americans have not yet been reported). http://salem-news.com/articles/february022011/home-discrimination.php http://salem-news.com/articles/february022011/home-discrimination.php Wed, 02 Feb 2011 17:21:00 PST Governor John Kitzhaber's release of a budget proposal may call for deep cuts to the state's largest cash assistance and job training program for destitute families with children. A national think tank reports that as a result of welfare reform 15 years ago, Oregon is helping far fewer poor families than it once did. http://salem-news.com/articles/january312011/ocpp-tanf.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january312011/ocpp-tanf.php Mon, 31 Jan 2011 15:14:00 PST Isn't enough that they served their nation under the most hostile circumstances ever imagined? Sometimes it seems like the Veterans of this nation are nothing but some kind of non-human tool and I have news for you, they aren't. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292011/jpmorgan-troops-le.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292011/jpmorgan-troops-le.php Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:58:00 PST I am 64 years old and up until 5 years ago, I never bought or owned a car that was not American made. Then, not quite 5 years ago, I changed. Here is why: I listened to the story from American manufacturers to “buy American and keep our country strong”. http://salem-news.com/articles/january292011/lala-land-bc.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january292011/lala-land-bc.php Sat, 29 Jan 2011 21:04:00 PST One down, twenty one to go. The young man who burned himself alive in Tunis, Mohamed Bouazizi, was a university graduate prevented by police from selling fruit and vegetables to make a living. He committed suicide to protest the loss of his humanity under Ben Ali’s tyrannical rule. http://salem-news.com/articles/january282011/islam-america-mk.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january282011/islam-america-mk.php Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:30:00 PST The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans (NCHV) has released an abstract submission form for all interested parties who would like to present a workshop at the 2011 NCHV Annual Conference and Membership Meeting being held June 6-8 in Washington, D.C. A completed form and draft agenda should be emailed by Jan. 14. Selected recipients will be notified by Feb. 4. http://salem-news.com/articles/january072011/vet-workshop.php http://salem-news.com/articles/january072011/vet-workshop.php Fri, 07 Jan 2011 14:28:00 PST