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SR editorial: Multnomah County homeless numbers remain stable, but so do the causes

4,015 are experiencing homelessness, according to the 2019 Point In Time count; how are we going to fix this? Local officials counted 4,015 people experiencing homelessness in Multnomah County in January. And while that number is slightly lower than just ...

2 Aug 2019 - SR editorial board
SR editorial: Rental screening changes are needed to tackle inequity

Commonly accepted practices are preventing good renters from getting into housing in Portland Across our city, too many people are homeless or unstably housed. What we don’t need are insurmountable barriers to housing that target people of color and those ...

19 Apr 2019 - SR editorial board
SR editorial: Oregon renter-protections bill is the least we can do

Limits on no-cause evictions and rent increases are a necessary first step, but there’s more to be done The Oregon Legislature is already moving on renter protections. That’s a good sign. On Feb. 4, the Senate Housing Committee, chaired by Sen. Shemia Fag ...

1 Feb 2019 - SR editorial board
SR editorial: Time for Oregon Legislature to discuss rent stabilization

We’re in a housing crisis. We need to lift the pre-emption on rent control. We cannot build our way out of our housing crisis. The free market will always cleave to profits as high as the market can bear. And in a city as desirable as Portland, regardless ...

4 Jan 2019 - SR editorial board
SR editorial: Portland housing success lies in sustainable, systemic changes

The homeless crisis requires more than an emergency response; we need long-term strategies It comes as no surprise that the Portland City Council is poised to extend the state of emergency to address homelessness. There is little on the ground that has ch ...

29 Sep 2017 - SR editorial board
SR editorial: Yes on Measure 26-194 to level lodging-tax playing field

Updating the city charter so Portland can collect tax on all short-term rentals is essential for fair play In 1971, when the city of Portland amended its charter to establish a transient lodging tax, you could hardly blame our policymakers for not anticip ...

27 Apr 2017 - SR editorial board
SR editorial: Revise Oregon’s mortgage interest deduction

The largest housing subsidy dwarfs the funds dedicated to housing Oregon’s most vulnerable populations The time has come, Oregon. It’s time to modify the state’s mortgage interest deduction. Of course it’s popular, and of course people love it. It’s a ta ...

23 Mar 2017 - SR editorial board
Street Roots editorial: Act on housing now!

Housing crisis is undermining our socioeconomic stability – and Portlanders are angry Housing and homelessness have become staples in Portland’s recent election cycles. But this year it has reached a fever pitch. Renters’ rights, affordable housing and en ...

14 Apr 2016 - SR editorial board
Street Roots editorial: Housing is health care, worthy of equal attention

Bottom line: Affordable housing reduces Medicaid costs The relationship between housing and health care is a logical connection. Of course, having a roof over your head is a matter of well-being. But a new study illustrates how that relationship means sma ...

3 Mar 2016 - SR editorial board
Street Roots Editorial: Lawmakers have a chance to make progress on housing

Efforts center on inclusionary zoning and renters’ rights Talk of addressing the region’s housing crisis has taken the form of several bills heading through the Oregon State Legislature this short session. Among them are several that raise the issue of in ...

4 Feb 2016 - SR editorial board