apartment buildings, trailer parks and houses. Bonding that can raise start-up money for a revolving ... post bonds pledging full payment for any potential damages. Portland’s Harbor Superfund Site ... rather than the basics: housing, childcare and the environment. Mary C. King is a professor emerita of ...
27 Mar 2024 - Mary King
affordable housing can only be met by a well-funded government program to buy, renovate and build excellent ... public housing. The private sector has not and will not meet our housing needs, and the federal ... government has spent the past 40 years gutting a public housing program that was never adequate. We need to ...
17 Feb 2021 - Mary King
redlining Racism in housing has a long history in Portland. One example: in 1919, the Portland Realty Board ... the financial system. It did that by issuing bonds, using the funds to purchase housing loans from ... impact of the Fair Housing Act — and why it didn’t end redlining The authors of the study, Jeremy S. ...
30 Jun 2020 - Martin Hart-Lan...
COMMENTARY | Investment giants are inflating Portland housing prices, a local expert argues Local ... systems analyst M.K. Hanson is speaking out about massive financial firms speculating in Portland housing ... . She persuasively makes the case that Portland housing prices are being pushed up – and held up – by ...
13 Sep 2019 - Mary King
without permanent housing in Multnomah County rose dramatically from the last count in 2015. Portland ... 1,667 people were found sleeping outside by the Point in Time count on Feb. 22. Last year’s housing bond ... Portland and Multnomah County to pay another 1 or 2 percent of rental costs to support housing programs. ...
17 Nov 2017 - Mary King
local candidate forums! We can make real progress on Portland’s housing crisis with more funds for ... COMMENTARY | State and local taxes on the rich could support affordable housing, child care, ... 10 years, creating a phony rationale to slash spending for housing, health care, support for students ...
16 Mar 2018 - Mary King
Portland's time (commentary) Jobs and housing projects that would pay for themselves Create start-up funds ... our needs for job creation, affordable housing, public safety and justice, transportation, a cleaner ... the 2018 City Council elections Two Portland City Council seats will open in 2018. We could support ...
4 Aug 2017 - Mary King
the face of the housing crisis confronting Portland and much of the state, the Legislature should lift ... housing funding. Portland’s soaring prices Nearly half – 45 percent – of Portland households are renters, ... The Portland Housing Bureau reports that average monthly rents for one-, two- and three-bedroom ...
20 Apr 2017 - Mary King