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  1. Tina Kotek: 2019 legislative session gets a B+

    Oregon's House speaker reflects on the session and what she sees as wins for housing, education and – yes – the environment The smoke is still clearing from the 80th Oregon State Legislative Assembly, but if there were any open wounds left from its c ...

    12 Jul 2019 - Joanne Zuhl

  2. Marchers trek from Portland to Salem for housing, homeless rights

    PHOTOS | Advocates participating in the weeklong Give Us Shelter March are calling for Oregon to declare a state of emergency on housing Advocating for a state of emergency to be declared on Oregon’s housing crisis, demonstrators set off from Portland on ...

    31 May 2019 - Street Roots

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. Time to move Oregon forward on affordable housing

    COMMENTARY | We must demand an action plan from legislators Just a short month ago, the Oregon Legislature adjourned the 2017 session. Legislators had the chance to act during the session to take a bold step forward to address our state’s housing crisis f ...

    17 Aug 2017 - Alison McIntosh

  6. Director’s Desk: With Legislature ignoring housing crisis, local progress is crucial

    Oregon lawmakers have never prioritized housing in a substantial way On the same day Multnomah County announced a 10 percent increase in people experiencing homelessness, Oregon announced cuts to emergency rent assistance.  If that didn’t add enough insul ...

    23 Jun 2017 - Israel Bayer

  7. 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

  8. Director’s Desk: Hateful acts against the homeless and the need to go big on housing

    Trump's grave promises make local and state housing legislation essential In the past few months, a bar owner brandished an assault rifle at police. He was drunk and upset at individuals experiencing homelessness in the community. Another man tossed ...

    16 Mar 2017 - Israel Bayer

  9. Solution to the housing crisis starts with us

    There’s a lot of reason to celebrate this Independence Day. July Fourth is a time to look back on the founding of the United States and the documents that shape and control our democracy. We saw the system at its best during the last days of June: the Sup ...

    7 Jul 2015 - Janet Byrd

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