Portland-area Workers Rights Board wants officials to use the Community Benefits Agreement model on all ... construction projects in Portland and Multnomah County that rely “to any degree” on taxpayer dollars. This ... recommendation was the focus of the board’s report delivered to Prosper Portland, formerly Portland Development ...
6 Oct 2017 - Emily Green
You live it. I.B.: So you decided to keep the Portland Housing Bureau in your portfolio; it’s the ... The housing bond has been passed; that’s one great resource for us. There’s more the city can do in ... affordable housing to Portland, Oregon, I want to roll out the red carpet; I want to eliminate as much as ...
19 Jan 2017 - Israel Bayer
homelessness Portland is experiencing a dire shortage of affordable housing, but not one that is unique to the ... existing affordable housing or build more. Putting a levy on Portland’s 2010 ballot to create an ... affordable-housing levy could not compete with renewing the parks bond, and the effort failed. Hesitation to fund ...
28 Apr 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
social services. James is just coming out of homelessness and into subsidized housing and a methadone ... ever seen that shirt that said, ‘Who rescued whom?’” Loretta said. “That was us.” The bond between ... paying for the cat’s care. Whatever one’s job or housing situation, everyone with a pet can relate to ...
7 Jul 2017 - Jason Cohen
general obligation bonds to pay for low-income housing, (b) advocate at the state level for a reform of ... affordable housing countywide? (150 words) The root of our housing crisis is income inequality. While large ... greatly expand the public investment in affordable housing. I support a significant investment in housing ...
26 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Shayne Methvin is creating a better life for himself. He was born at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, began ... a special bond with his grandmother, Helen Marie. “So I’d go over there and I’d spend hours with her,” ... house in Eugene, he realized he had a problem with drugs and alcohol. “If it wasn’t for that house, the ...
21 Apr 2016 - Leonora Ko
housing bond and new housing legislation in Salem becomes a critical tool in creating more housing that is ... Jail, an empty facility in far out North Portland, being used as a homeless shelter just won’t die. Can ... 11.7 miles from downtown Portland. The location of Wapato has very limited transportation options. ...
29 Sep 2016 - Israel Bayer
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
met Joe Biden, but our families share a common bond. My father, Hamilton (Ham) Fish, Jr., served in ... the House of Representatives for 26 years. He was a moderate to liberal Republican from upstate New ... elected to the House in 1968, my mother Julia was killed in a car accident, leaving behind four children ...
19 Jun 2015 - Nick Fish
We need it all- tiny houses and large apartment buildings, intergenerational developments and ... housing for folks who need certain services. Halfway home. The Oregon Legislature is just about halfway ... effort to create housing opportunity. There have been some great strides forward, toward inclusionary ...
24 Apr 2015 - Janet Byrd