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  1. Metro renews focus on creating affordable housing

    The greater-Portland area is in the midst of an affordable housing crisis. Not only does need drastically outweigh availability — with some waiting years to access housing within their financial means — those who do obtain affordable homes often find them ...

    13 Aug 2014 - Emily Green

  2. Housing organizations speak out on high cost of street fee

    Add low-income housing managers and advocates to the list of people and organizations speaking out against the proposed transportation fee. By their calculation, the fee would impact nonprofit housing organizations hundreds of thousands of dollars annuall ...

    29 May 2014 - Joanne Zuhl

  3. City Club to study Medicaid expansion, homeless impact

    Health care reform at the federal level and expansion of the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) provide an opportunity to increase access to health care and improve health outcomes for thousands of Oregonians, especially those experiencing homelessness. More than h ...

    19 Mar 2014 - Kathy Black

  4. City Hall surplus draws pitch from Housing Bureau

    After years of austere budgets, City Hall has scraped up some extra cash for the upcoming budget cycle. Some of it could go to building affordable housing, aiding homeless individuals, helping distressed renters and other initiatives. In December, the Off ...

    15 Feb 2014 - Jake Thomas

  5. ‘The answer is housing’

    With three decades of experience housing Portland’s poorest residents, Susan Emmons is ramping up her message on how all of us can help end homelessness In 1978, downtown Portland had 5,183 apartments affordable to the city’s poorest citizens. Susan Emmon ...

    27 Nov 2013 - Jasmine Rockow

  6. We say no to Constitutional Amendment 79!

    We say no to Constitutional Amendment 79! Street Roots, The Community Alliance of Tenants, JOIN and the Oregon Opportunity Network are all coming out against Measure 79. Constitutional Amendment 79: Amends the Constitution: Prohibits real estate transfer ...

    11 Oct 2012 - Street Roots

  7. City weighs affordable housing funds in urban renewal areas

    City weighs affordable housing funds in urban renewal areas By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer It’s been six years since Portland voted to dedicate 30 percent of the city’s urban renewal funds toward affordable housing. It was a controversial decision at a time ...

    16 Nov 2011 - Street Roots

  8. Realtors seek to amend state constitution over transfer taxes

    Realtors seek to amend state constitution over transfer taxes Ballot initiative would close the door on one tool affordable housing advocates had sought for low-income residents By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer Two years ago, the state of Oregon took a bold m ...

    10 Nov 2011 - Street Roots

  9. Review of housing set aside reveals positive results

    Review of housing set aside reveals positive results By John Miller, Contributing Writer As a long time advocate for affordable homes here in Portland I was very happy to discover that the city has exceeded its ‘TIF Set Aside” spending on affordable housi ...

    27 Jul 2011 - Street Roots

  10. Oregon Opportunity Network's John Miller

    Oregon Opportunity Network's John Miller By Joanne Zuhl, Staff writer Oregon’s network of community development organizations — those developers, nonprofits and agencies that have been the backbone of affordable housing and economic development for l ...

    20 Jul 2011 - Street Roots

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