Affordable housing advocates hope a new online program can help low-income renters find apartments they qualify for Since the December soft launch of a website designed to make it easier for renters to find and qualify for housing they can afford, approxi ...
16 Feb 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Sometimes welcoming, other times hostile, Portland neighborhood associations want to be included in plans for nearby homeless programs On Jan. 25, when Multnomah County commissioners approved a shelter for 100 to 120 homeless people in Southeast Portland, ...
2 Feb 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Outcomes have improved since Worksystems, a job training program, began investing in participants' housing A program that provides job-training skills to low-income Portlanders has shown that participants who are given rent assistance while in the pr ...
5 Jan 2018 - Amanda Waldroupe
Portland’s pedestrian use zones ‘deeply troubling,’ legal director says The question of how people experiencing homelessness occupy public spaces has become a seasonal argument these days. As with years past, the question is again thrust into the public s ...
22 Dec 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
Families had never been turned away from Multnomah County’s shelter. But now, Human Solutions struggles to accommodate everyone who needs services. A decision by the Joint Office of Homeless Services to start wait-listing homeless families who seek shelte ...
8 Dec 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
The advisory panel will make landlord-tenant policy recommendations and serve as a forum for public discussion, but its potential impact is uncertain Portland’s Rental Services Commission held its inaugural meeting Nov. 22, breaking ground on the city’s f ...
1 Dec 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
His new documentary examines the heartbreaking costs of the Albina district’s transformation Update on Jan. 15, 2018: "Priced Out" will be showing at Portland Community College's Cascade Campus on Jan. 16 at 2 p.m. and Jan. 24 at 6 p.m. in ...
3 Nov 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
The 150-unit Hacienda CDC development represents a complete transformation of a former Portland strip club Hacienda CDC, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, has announced it will build 150 units of affordable housing in the housing-starved Cully nei ...
3 Nov 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
Neighbors hope to preserve affordable housing and stave off displacement Nearly 100 residents of Southwest Portland and nearby suburbs, along with elected officials from every level of Oregon government, gathered at Markham Elementary School on Saturday, ...
20 Oct 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe
As the homeless figures rise, the need for more toilets, showers and laundry facilities is evident During the last week of September, two portable toilets were placed in downtown Oregon City, providing access to public restrooms in downtown 24 hours a day ...
6 Oct 2017 - Amanda Waldroupe