Amethyst has been on her own since her mother kicked her out of her house at the age of 15. We’re not using her last name to protect her privacy. After graduating high school in 2019, she enrolled in Lane Community College in Eugene to study paramedicine.
Throughout high school and during part of her time in college she experienced housing and food insecurity.
“One, when you re having to pay for college by yourself, you re gonna lose a lot of money,” said Amethyst. “And then you have to pay for your housing, and then you have to pay for your food and you re not able to make a livable wage, because you know, you re still trying to pursue your education. Like it seems impossible.”
Oregon lawmakers vote to expedite emergency shelter process Follow Us
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By SARA CLINE - Associated Press - Monday, May 3, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A lack of adequate shelter beds has long plagued Oregon. It was recently estimated that 10,000 people in the state sleep outside on any given night - a number that has likely increased during the pandemic.
But on Monday, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that will make it easier and quicker for communities to create emergency shelters and temporary housing. House Bill 2006, which the Senate passed 26-1, will remove barriers to siting shelters by temporarily adjusting land use laws and waiving some design, planning and zoning regulations.
New House Bill aims to expedite emergency shelter process
House Bill 2006, which the Senate passed 26-1, will remove barriers to siting shelters by temporarily adjusting land use laws and waiving some design, planning, and zoning regulations.
Posted: May 3, 2021 9:51 PM
Posted By: Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) A lack of adequate shelter beds has long plagued Oregon. It was recently estimated that 10,000 people in the state sleep outside on any given night a number that has likely increased during the pandemic.
But on Monday, Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that will make it easier and quicker for communities to create emergency shelters and temporary housing. House Bill 2006, which the Senate passed 26-1, will remove barriers to siting shelters by temporarily adjusting land use laws and waiving some design, planning, and zoning regulations.
Oregon lawmakers vote to expedite emergency shelters
Bill aims to make it easier to quickly house the homeless By SARA CLINE, Associated Press/Report for America
Published: May 3, 2021, 8:07pm
Share: James Wilbur speaks to a reporter Dec. 17, 2019, in Salem, Ore., after he and other homeless people camping on a street were notified that they must leave. Oregon lawmakers passed a bill that will make it easier and quicker for communities to create emergency shelters and temporary housing. (Associated Press files)
PORTLAND A lack of adequate shelter beds has long plagued Oregon. It was recently estimated that 10,000 people in the state sleep outside on any given night a number that has likely increased during the pandemic.
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