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Rental assistance is a proven tool for ending and preventing homelessness. Too bad Portland’s housing market isn’t cooperating. Julius Brown and his fiancée, Denise William, thought they had found the perfect home after moving into a two-bedroom apartment ...

4 Aug 2016 - Amanda Waldroupe
Our indefensible eviction problem

'Evicted' author Matthew Desmond chronicles the struggle to obtain and keep stable housing The government has been telling people the economy is making a steady but slow recovery from the Great Recession. In the past few years, the unemployment ...

7 Jul 2016 - Wayne Braverman
Breaking: City makes last attempt to save Joyce Hotel

Two-dozen low-income residents wait to hear their fate The saga of the Joyce Hotel has developed a new twist: The city of Portland has made another offer to purchase the building in an effort to salvage one of the last low-income housing options in downto ...

6 May 2016 - Joanne Zuhl
Eviction education, in a comic book form

“Know Your Rights: Don’t Get Evicted” aims to deliver important renters’ rights information in a fun and accessible format In the comic, the renters’ attorney asks in court whether the landlord has any documentation proving the tenants are bad and should ...

19 Jun 2015 - Jared Paben
Priced out in San Francisco

Ly Tran* is washing dishes when I arrive at her house. She wears a gray sweatshirt and sweatpants with neon green lines running up the leg, her short black hair bobbing up and down as she wipes dry a plate. Her quiet demeanor contrasts with the slew of br ...

10 Jul 2014 - Samantha Lew