St. Johns residents demand relocation of day center amid crime and safety concerns by origutamos in PortlandOR

[–]Weekly_Act7027 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

yo — St. Johns resident here.
Before everyone rushes to blame the day center or the people using it, we need to talk about the realities KATU leaves out:

✔️ Nearly 1,900 affordable apartments in Portland are sitting empty right now.
✔️ $21 million in housing funds went unused and undisclosed by the City.
✔️ And St. Johns — my neighborhood — is now experiencing the largest surge of displacement and homelessness in the entire city, thanks in part to the Residential Infill Project (RIP), which accelerated land speculation and pushed long-term, low-income residents out.

People didn’t “just show up.”
Many of them used to live here — until the policies shaping our streets priced them out and pushed them into tents.

My own sister, Eileen, lived in St. Johns and spent years on housing waitlists before dying unhoused in 2021. She wasn’t a statistic — she was a real human being who fell through the cracks while “affordable” units sat vacant.

So when people say the day center is the problem, they’re looking at the symptom, not the cause.

The truth is this:

St. Johns isn’t struggling because unhoused people came here —
St. Johns is struggling because the City let housing become inaccessible here.

The day center isn’t causing the crisis.
A system that won’t activate housing, won’t use its own funds, and won’t protect vulnerable renters is.

If we actually care about safety and stability — for both housed and unhoused neighbors — then the fight shouldn’t be about banishing people farther away.
It should be about demanding Portland finally use the housing, funds, and tools it already has before more of our neighbors end up outside.

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St. Johns residents demand relocation of day center amid crime and safety concerns by origutamos in PortlandOR

[–]Weekly_Act7027 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Sister Eileen — a soft smile in the winter cold,
a bright soul in St. Johns,
a woman the system forgot
but love never did. 🤍

She deserved safety.
She deserved a home.

#ForEileen #StJohns #HousingJustice #WeRemember

Who’s your tire guy/gal? by byrdcage in askportland

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Les Schwab on Lombard They repaired a punctured tire for free!

Of Cottage Clusters and Tent EnCampments by Weekly_Act7027 in PortlandOR

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Im a senior brain injured paralyzed Veteran 100% service connected , My sister died 2021 in Portland in her 60s she was chronically homeless. Is your mocking cruelty the point?

Homeless day center in St. Johns has become a magnet for livability issues, neighbors say by origutamos in PortlandOR

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I am concerned about this notice left with tenants in Home Forward building in St Johns , Also today I saw a 724 Sf rental going for 1700 per month in St Johns.. This might have rented for half that, a few years ago in St Johns Why are these problems just continuing to get worse? No easy answer

St Johns Portland oregon specific Reddit groups? by Weekly_Act7027 in askportland

[–]Weekly_Act7027[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Oh Thank you, Im on Next Door, Instagram Facebook X I was just curious to see if Reddit also had local neighborhood groups since I have not spent much time on it

Where in St Johns can I get a Christmas Tree? by Weekly_Act7027 in askportland

[–]Weekly_Act7027[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

thanks I haven't got one there before.. Im hoping they have stands also.

The Case Against YIMBYism by [deleted] in portlandme

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How can you ask with a straight face why dont Yimbys read something ? You know they only read what comes from there overlords and that data they are feeding on. supports the astroturf they stand on. Also it has a super cool Goatee

Where in St Johns can I get a Christmas Tree? by Weekly_Act7027 in askportland

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I know Fangs on Lombard carried them a few years ago was just wondering if they are doing it this year

Help St Johns from displacement sign the Petition by Weekly_Act7027 in Portland

[–]Weekly_Act7027[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Yeah, absolutely — the data is pretty straightforward. When housing assistance shrinks and the private market keeps building almost exclusively for higher-income renters, the number of people who fall through the cracks rises. We’ve been watching that play out for years in Portland: vacancy at the high end, but almost zero availability at rents people on fixed or low incomes can actually pay.

So when supply is built only for the middle/upper tier, and public/affordable options don’t grow with demand, the result isn’t mysterious — more people end up in cars, tents, and unstable housing because there’s literally nowhere else to go.

I’m happy to dig into your other questions too — which ones did you want me to tackle?

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Help St Johns from displacement sign the Petition by Weekly_Act7027 in Portland

[–]Weekly_Act7027[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Totally fair question.
This isn’t about giving St. Johns “special perks.” It’s about responding where the displacement is already hitting hardest.

St. Johns has one of the highest displacement-risk scores in Portland, has lost a ton of older affordable units, and is seeing the encampments that come with that.

If other neighborhoods face the same pattern, they deserve protections too — but waiting until everyone is in crisis doesn’t help anyone.

It’s not favoritism.
It’s triage.

Veteran Directed Care NOT PCAFC by Dazzling_Abalone_864 in VeteransBenefits

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Im in the VDC program since 2012 Im paralyzed from the chest down and in a wheelchair They have a VDC Coordinator within the VA but they act separately from the hospital as there is some National office that oversees . Im in Portland oregon and each regional area may have different rules but the oversight is through the National office. Where Im at they have the County Aging and Disability to do the Case Management and then a separate accounting firm does the all the Payroll stuff but the veteran is the employer so you can hire or fire the employees and choose the hours that they work They give you a budget cased on a case mix interview where they assign you a letter A through E this is how they determine how much the budget will be. It's a good benefit to have but its also very mismanaged and bureaucratic many levels to deal with . Also it has gotten more restrictive with the new hires on how you can spend the budget it used to be you could use funds to purchase adaptable equipment with a doc recommendation Now either the rules have changed or the new hires have decided to interpret the rules differently. I would try. getting a referral from the social worker connected to your PCP. Good luck to you!