affordable-housing bonds and investments — the challenge only increases as the visible need on our streets expands. ... Destructive policy undermines the constructive work being done in Portland "I t always seems ... the hillside community in North Portland from the ground up. Street Roots photo For decades, cities ...
3 Feb 2021 - SR editorial board
previous Portland and Metro housing bonds (2016 and 2018) like a 1-2 punch. Those bonds secured money for ... through the past housing bonds, that money doesn’t cover the cost of renting apartments to people who make ... a year into the Portland metro region for 10 years. With all the uncertainty stemming from the pandemic, ...
1 May 2020 - SR editorial board
it has to stay that way. Bond-funded housing supports Portlanders earning less than 80 percent the ... getting housed at levels they can afford by stretching the impact of general obligation bond dollars. The ... The metro bond is estimated to house 7,500 people, but that extends to 12,000 with the passage of ...
19 Oct 2018 - SR editorial board
Residents in Portland and within the Metro regional government have passed massive bonds earmarked to ... to be determined. The Multnomah County and city of Portland Joint Office of Homeless Services ... residents on the streets, in shelter and in transitional housing – all included in the federal definition of ...
2 Aug 2019 - SR editorial board
a shortage of stable, affordable housing, most notably for low-income families. But unlike Portland – where ... a constitutional amendment that would create an exemption for affordable housing around local bonding laws, giving ... Legislation that aims to encourage construction in Oregon communities squeezed by a housing ...
2 Mar 2018 - SR editorial board
a family of four in Portland. • In 2016, Multnomah County residents passed a $258 million bond to build ... that within six months, the Portland Housing Bureau and the Joint Office of Homeless Services will ... comes as no surprise that the Portland City Council is poised to extend the state of emergency to ...
29 Sep 2017 - SR editorial board
Having a support network is key to people feeling stable and capable. Segregating Portland ... history: In 1996, voters approved a bond to build the Wapato Detention Facility, which was completed in ... two candidates for City Council, Loretta Smith and Stuart Emmons, and more recently a Portland ...
6 Apr 2018 - SR editorial board
Portland experiencing a housing crisis. Many communities throughout Oregon are facing a severe affordable ... a meaningful way for years. Local governments, including the city of Portland, and the Oregon Housing Alliance ... Keny-Guyer and House Speaker Tina Kotek, both Democrats representing North and Northeast Portland, are ...
14 Jan 2016 - SR editorial board
26-179 is a Portland bond measure that will pay for 1,300 deeply affordable housing units in Portland ... Measure 26-179 Bonds to fund affordable housing YES The Yes for Affordable Homes campaign. Street Roots ... existing market-rate housing to keep Portlanders from being displaced. The affordable housing units built ...
20 Oct 2016 - SR editorial board
The City of Portland is in the process of regulating short-term rentals. We know that by allowing ... short-term rentals to thrive in Portland, many Portlanders could have access to an additional income. It will ... also have a negative impact on the affordable housing market, a market that’s already short 20,000 ...
22 Jul 2014 - SR editorial board