The wide open spaces and complex housing needs prompt Northeast Oregon’s housing authority to ramp up outreach to people in need The housing authority that provides federal low-income housing to the northeastern corner of Oregon hopes to launch a housing ...
24 May 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
A new 'frontier' designation would benefit Oregon’s small, remote communities that now compete with suburbs for construction money, they argue – but the state isn’t so sure Housing and social services advocates throughout northeastern Oregon hav ...
17 May 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Understanding the link has created opportunities for training and prevention in Oregon “Breaking the Silence” is a statewide media collaboration aimed at putting a spotlight on the public health crisis of suicide in Oregon and offering our readers, listen ...
5 Apr 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Ben Popp, who organizes Portland International Film Festival screenings, talks about this year’s films and theme: “Empathy has no ethnicity” This year’s Portland International Film Festival, fondly known by many Portlanders and audience members as “PIFF,” ...
8 Mar 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Low-income renters were in final weeks of 90-day countdown to eviction The Joint Office of Homeless Services announced today that Multnomah County and CareOregon are kicking in a combined $100,000 to pay for a year’s worth of rent assistance, case managem ...
27 Feb 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Richard Wilhelm and Sue Arbuthnot discuss their new film, "Refuge," about the 2016 Bundy occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge What is a refuge? Is refuge what we would call home? Are we fleeing from something – or someone – when we ...
25 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
Spending’s up, and an audit of the city and county homeless service system follows the money The Portland metro region earmarked nearly $84 million last year on matters of housing and homelessness. But exactly where is all this money going? Who is it help ...
18 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
It couldn’t come at a more pivotal time Oregon Democratic lawmakers are crafting one of the most ambitious legislative packages concerning affordable housing and tenants’ rights in the country – with intentions to propose a statewide cap on rent increases ...
11 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
The vulnerable residents of this affordable complex in downtown Portland have found an ally The 31 low-income tenants facing eviction from the Lincoln Hotel in downtown Portland have found an ally in Multnomah County Chair Deborah Kafoury. Before a Jan. ...
11 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe
City’s relocation funds will help tenants with the move, but loss of affordable units could make it tough to find new homes Every Christmas, the tenants of the Lincoln Hotel receive a tin of shortbread cookies, given to them by their longtime landlord. T ...
4 Jan 2019 - Amanda Waldroupe