rural homeless

During their patrol of the Bear Creek Greenway, Jackson County Sheriff's deputies walk through a years-old encampment that deputies call "the Hobbit House."

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'Your Help Doesn't Help Me.' Unsheltered In Oregon Tire Of Being Shuffled Around

3:00pm July 17, 2020

by April Ehrlich

As the coronavirus shut down homeless shelters in Southern Oregon, civic leaders told those in need to relocate to the nearby woods. Now sheriff's deputies are relocating them before fire season.

The point-in-time count for the homeless population often misses those who crash on friends' couches or stay in cheap motels due to a lack of shelters. Dale Dean, from Cheyenne, Wyo., is one of them.

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In Rural America, Homeless Population May Be Bigger Than You Think

4:27pm February 18, 2016

by Miles Bryan

The rural homeless often crash with friends or stay in cheap motels on cold nights due to a lack of shelters. But this means homeless tallies miss them — and the state gets less funding to help them.

From Dust Bowl refugees to post World War II travelers, people have long been drawn to Route 66 to make a change. That same story of transformation is still being told in the old 66 Motel.

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Building A New Community For The Rural Homeless

3:02pm January 30, 2016

One woman gave up a prosperous career with the goal of helping homeless people rebuild their lives.