We say no to Constitutional Amendment 79! Street Roots, The Community Alliance of Tenants, JOIN and the Oregon Opportunity Network are all coming out against Measure 79. Constitutional Amendment 79: Amends the Constitution: Prohibits real estate transfer ...
11 Oct 2012 - Street Roots
City weighs affordable housing funds in urban renewal areas By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer It’s been six years since Portland voted to dedicate 30 percent of the city’s urban renewal funds toward affordable housing. It was a controversial decision at a time ...
16 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Realtors seek to amend state constitution over transfer taxes Ballot initiative would close the door on one tool affordable housing advocates had sought for low-income residents By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Two years ago, the state of Oregon took a bold m ...
10 Nov 2011 - Street Roots
Review of housing set aside reveals positive results By John Miller, Contributing Writer As a long time advocate for affordable homes here in Portland I was very happy to discover that the city has exceeded its ‘TIF Set Aside” spending on affordable housi ...
27 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Oregon Opportunity Network's John Miller By Joanne Zuhl, Staff writer Oregon’s network of community development organizations — those developers, nonprofits and agencies that have been the backbone of affordable housing and economic development for l ...
20 Jul 2011 - Street Roots
Central city's housing for the poor declines The Oregon Opportunity Network, or Oregon ON, says a new report by the Portland Development Commission illustrates how affordable housing units for the poorest are slipping out of grasp for many residents. ...
4 Aug 2009 - Street Roots
Breaking: Sam Chase named Nick Fish's Chief of Staff (July 10) Street Roots has just learned that Sam Chase, the Executive Director of the Oregon Opportunity Network (formerly the Community Development Network), will be the Chief of Staff for newly e ...
10 Jul 2008 - Street Roots