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Let’s make things right on housing

This year both the City of Portland and Multnomah County launched A Home For Everyone, a new plan to address housing and homelessness in our community. Mayor Charlie Hales and city housing commissioner, Dan Saltzman, along with Multnomah County Chair Debo ...

17 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board
Short-term rental tax must help offset need for housing

The City of Portland is in the process of regulating short-term rentals. We know that by allowing short-term rentals to thrive in Portland, many Portlanders could have access to an additional income. It will also have a negative impact on the affordable h ...

22 Jul 2014 - SR editorial board
Street fee tax needs broad community support

Portland needs better roads and transportation services, and short of money, there’s no easy answer to how to make it happen. But we need a better plan than the proposed Street Fee racing through City Hall. The transportation fee on households and busines ...

22 May 2014 - SR editorial board
Bold moves a good start to prioritizing people

Bold. That’s the word we would use to describe Multnomah County right now. Multnomah County Chair Marissa Madrigal and the County Commissioners are going big. A new $1.4 million mental health program to prevent people experiencing mental health problems f ...

9 May 2014 - SR editorial board
City has to back up good intentions with leadership

Mayor Charlie Hales didn’t become mayor with the hopes of having to solve homelessness, especially in a growing city like Portland. But the crisis of thousands of people sleeping outside, as it relates to mental health, public safety, neighborhood livabil ...

23 Jan 2014 - SR editorial board
Right 2 Dream Too has earned its place at the table

Not many people gave them a chance. From the neighborhood and bureaucrats to certain shelter providers and the business community, no one believed that a group of homeless people could be successful in creating their own safe refuge from the harsh realiti ...

26 Sep 2013 - SR editorial board
City Hall plays the wrong hand with street sweeps

Running the City of Portland is hard work. But being able to work in a collaborative effort toward a common goal shouldn’t be. Mayor Charlie Hales boldly declared last week that enforcing sidewalk laws against people experiencing homelessness — and we ass ...

19 Aug 2013 - SR editorial board