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City Councilor Dan Ryan parts ways with anti-trans podcaster after brief employment
Depending on who you ask, City Councilor Dan Ryan’s office terminated or amicably separated from a part-time employee July 17 over the employee’s offensive views on social media and his podcast. Immediately after Ryan’s office hired the local podcaster, who has frequently made derogatory remarks, multiple City Hall staffers raised the alarm. Their new colleague…
Oregon lawmakers sacrifice eviction prevention in favor of temporary shelters
The number of Oregonians experiencing homelessness continues to climb. But state lawmakers slashed funding for affordable housing and eviction prevention, decreasing funding aimed at housing and homelessness by about $1 billion from the last biennium. Homelessness increased in Oregon last year at a rate higher than any year since 2007, according to Portland State University’s…
The end of Metro’s affordable housing bond worries advocates
All 60 units in North Portland’s Hattie Redmond Apartments are affordable to folks making less than 30% of the area median income. Intended for people exiting homelessness, services such as clothing drives, hot dinners, food pantries and paint therapy are regular occurrences. Hattie Redmond received $4.4 million from the Metro Housing Bond. The project houses…
Housing
The end of Metro’s affordable housing bond worries advocates
All 60 units in North Portland’s Hattie Redmond Apartments are affordable to folks making less than 30% of the area median income. Intended for people exiting homelessness, services such as clothing drives, hot dinners, food pantries and paint therapy are regular occurrences. Hattie Redmond received $4.4 million from the Metro Housing Bond. The project houses…
