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City of Portland leans into exploring social housing
For residents of the Laureate, rent is permanently affordable. Their homes are publicly owned and governed with their input. The Laureate, in Montgomery County, Maryland, is an early example of social housing. Built in 2023, the project represents a new model for affordable housing: one that doesn’t rely on typical, market-based affordable housing programs like…
Newberg community rallies around beloved wine country leader after sudden ICE detention
Residents said it felt like a scene out of a dystopian movie. But for a small agricultural community in the Willamette Valley, the early hours of June 12 were marked by a sight increasingly common across the United States. Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE, are appearing in virtually every type of…
