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Kaia Sand | Untangling the web of entities and officials responsible for addressing homelessness

served as a vehicle to capture and distribute voter-approved funds in two instances — the housing bond ... Deborah Kafoury and Dan Saltzman — at the time a Multnomah County Chair and city of Portland commissioner, ... assistance, and is less operationally efficient.” “The city of Portland and Multnomah County each provide ...

11 Jan 2023 - Kaia Sand
PPB and Fire Bureau have one of the most expensive pensions in the country

the Portland Public Schools bond ($1,100). In 2021, the taxes funding this pension cost more than the ... city of Portland, Metro, Multnomah County and Portland Community College Bonds combined, and they pay ... daughter was lucky enough to buy a house here in Portland, (and) she turns 30, she's still expected to ...

25 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel
The Kidz Outside festival brings community in

Randol spent a good chunk of his childhood at George Park in Portland’s St. Johns neighborhood. From ... intends to put a bit of pressure on the City of Portland and showcase how to organize a community-led ... initiative with purpose and care. Like many Portland neighborhoods, St. Johns experienced tidal waves of ...

17 Aug 2022 - Mia Ryder-Marks
HUD launches affordable housing and rehousing initiative to combat national homelessness crisis

homeless initiatives, an affordable housing bond program and housing voucher program, in addition to owning ... a flagship rehousing project offering temporary transitional housing to homeless people. Washington County ... homelessness and adopt evidence-based approaches to serving the unhoused. The county joined Housing and Urban ...

3 Aug 2022 - Piper McDaniel
Kaia Sand | Street Roots vendors move into housing

Pilot Project and others. We are seeing results from the Portland and Metro Housing Bonds, and the Metro ... Director's Desk | At least 9 Street Roots vendors have moved from homelessness into housing ... keys tomorrow.” “I’m getting housing.” “The apartment is mine.” Street Roots’ mission is to create ...

13 Jul 2022 - Kaia Sand
2022 Elections | Metro President and Council

Affordable Housing Bond and the Supportive Services measure. In my second term, I can really focus on ... homelessness crisis- We need to continue the successful implementation of the Affordable Housing Bond Measure ... ensuring that the Affordable Housing Bond continues to affirmatively further the Fair Housing Rule. I will ...

7 May 2022 - Street Roots
2022 Elections | Portland City Council and City Auditor’s race

for Portland to yank voter-approved bond funding for mental health and addictions services and rent ... housing that Portland owns and operates either solo or in tandem with Multnomah County and Metro. Should ... into housing already available in Portland’s neighborhoods. The city should be negotiating discounted ...

7 May 2022 - Street Roots
2022 Elections | Multnomah County Board Chair, District 2 Commissioner

deeply affordable housing and removing barriers for an additional 224 units. Insist Portland streamline ... partnerships between local jurisdictions that have bond dollars that can be used for affordable housing ... ARPA funds run out, we must use the JOHS and housing bond funds to enact emergency shelter alternatives ...

4 May 2022 - Street Roots
Q&As with 23 candidates running for Oregon governor

ignore it, the government has to step in and make people listen. Tina Kotek Portland Oregon House ... Gubernatorial candidates answer questions on climate, housing, homelessness and more These ... may be misplaced. For example, population centers in Oregon such as Portland are accustomed to ...

5 May 2022 - Street Roots
Oregon doesn’t evaluate vast majority of tax breaks, costing billions in lost revenue

regressive. The audit comes at a time when housing instability is reaching an apex. Tens of thousands of ... of affordable housing impact communities all over the state, auditors found the state’s largest ... housing subsidy mostly benefits wealthy and white Oregonians in urban counties,” the Secretary of State ...

13 Apr 2022 - Piper McDaniel