affordable unit shortfall, the Rhode Island legislature put the state’s first ever bond issue for housing on ... the November ballot. It passed by the largest margin nationally for a housing bond, raising $50 ... housing levy Housing Levy Portland Print ...
15 Feb 2010 - Street Roots
public support for the Wapato Jail, an empty facility in far out North Portland, to be turned into ... has now been adopted as a rallying cry by the Portland Business Alliance and nearly 3,000 petition ... gatherers who think it’s an idea worth considering. The Portland Tribune is now calling for an open forum to ...
7 Jan 2016 - SR editorial board
graduating from the University of Portland, Eric Zimmerman entered the Army and Oregon Army National Guard ... efforts on economic development, anti-human-trafficking, veterans housing and improving services for those ... Addressing the current housing crisis, by supporting permanent housing for homeless individuals and expanding ...
26 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
calling for the issue of $500 million in bonds to fund the construction of housing for houseless, ... Last week, Portland City Council approved an update to the Climate Action Plan. As a candidate for ... justice and Portland’s duty to ensure it. Environmental and social justice are inseparable. ...
7 Jul 2015 - Nick Caleb
partnering more closely with Portland Housing Bureau (still the primary agency in Portland responsible for ... How would they address the housing crisis? Do they support a safe injection site? And more. Street ... Stanley Dirks did not respond. RELATED: See how Portland's mayoral candidates and City Council ...
21 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
Moreover, this is not the time to prioritize putting the federal government’s fiscal house back in order. We ... belts even further. Why hasn’t the media pointed out that their beloved bond markets see no fiscal ... cliff? As of Nov. 15 the “all knowing” bond markets were willing to let the U.S. government borrow at ...
30 Nov 2012 - Street Roots
available. The Portland Housing Bureau’s 11x13 program provides $4 for every $1 spent by the city from the ... Portland’s expected growth, we’d propose a municipal bond measure with an expected return of 5 percent over ... Portland. With a municipal bank we can leverage that 10 million to bond for our future. This gives us access ...
10 Apr 2016 - Street Roots
– Portland’s Native American Youth and Family Center and the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. This year’s ... affordable-housing complex for tribal elders. Tribal communities are greeted upon arrival at the 2016 Paddle to ... model its behavior on a wolf pack. Portland's Native American Youth and Family Center made its ...
18 Aug 2016 - Stephen Quirke
The spirit of the holidays in Portland is strong. The spirit of the people are even stronger. It’s ... a time to reflect and celebrate our common bonds, a time to laugh and love and enjoy the warmth of the ... solutions to our housing crisis and wage disparities. Caring about the world around us can be overwhelming. ...
25 Nov 2015 - Israel Bayer
major victories for affordable housing policies in the state. Millions in lottery-backed bonds have been ... our current affordable housing crisis. We’re told that the late '80s was a time of decay for ... inner city Portland. A series of disinvestments shifted the landscape of once thriving communities. ...
20 Oct 2014 - Omar Carrillo T...