Gary Barker, who sells Portland street paper Street Roots, writes for the latest in INSP’s Housing for the People – a column that allows those with lived experience of poverty, homelessness and insecure housing tell their story – writes about being “in a hell of my own doing”, but how with the pandemic making the world seem like world was falling apart, circumstances in Gary’s life suddenly made things start to come together. He writes about his work as an ambassador for Street Roots and leading on its MoJo scheme to get vendors into journalism, and how being in housing allows him to “find a way to get problems off my mind”.

Housing for the People: “I came back to life in a time of trouble”

Street Roots vendor Bronwyn Jones Carver has been homeless since a landlord tried to raise her rent by nearly 100 per cent in 2015. Approaching seven years on the streets, she's learned to adapt and reach for new heights.

Housing for the People: “The landlord greed machine”

Melanie Henshaw (Mvskoke) is employed at Portland street paper Street Roots as its Indigenous affairs reporter, covering stories on Indigenous peoples and the local and regional tribes of the Pacific Northwest. INSP spoke to her about her work.

Q&A: Why Portland street paper Street Roots is investing in Indigenous reporting

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