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  1. City should meet affordable housing goals in North Macadam URA

    A proposal now in front of Portland’s City Council will have a dramatic impact on the nature of the community being created in the North Macadam district through the use of public funds.  At issue is whether current city elected officials will fulfill com ...

    6 Mar 2015 - Will White

  2. Is there new hope for Portland black’s economic future supported by the Portland Development Commission?

    The controversy about the Portland Development Commission’s decision to sell property on the northwest corner of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd and NE Alberta to an out of state developer opens up a ton of questions about the economic future of Portland& ...

    30 Jan 2014 - James Posey

  3. The billionaire dollar question: Who should benefit most from the PDC?

    In 1999, North and Northeast Portland was a low-income neighborhood surrounded by a food desert, and The Portland Development Commission (PDC) promised to do something about it. Fourteen years later, the PDC did-- but many of the people who needed the sup ...

    16 Dec 2013 - Cameron Whitten

  4. 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

  5. City set to streamline resources for affordable housing, homelessness and economic development

    City set to streamline resources for affordable housing, homelessness and economic development From the Dec. 26 2008 edition Mayor-Elect Sam Adams and Portland's housing commissioner Nick Fish announced on Dec. 16 the formation of a new city bureau. ...

    8 Jan 2009 - Street Roots

  6. Portland’s 30 percent set aside of funds for housing boasts some success, some problems and some trouble ahead

    Portland’s 30 percent set aside of funds for housing boasts some success, some problems and some trouble ahead "Homeless Giant" by Eric Drooker. His graphics have appeared on countless posters, books and CD covers and his paintings are often see ...

    24 Dec 2008 - Street Roots

  7. When is new housing not new? When it's reprogrammed

    When is new housing not new? When it's reprogrammed From the Dec. 12 special affordable housing edition, "In need of a new deal." Portland's efforts to build a net gain of affordable housing for its lowest income residents have failed ...

    24 Dec 2008 - Street Roots

  8. New housing bureau announced in Portland

    New housing bureau announced in Portland Dec. 16, 2008 Via Nick Fish's office... To the Staff and Stakeholders of PDC and BHCD: We are pleased to announce the formation of a new City of Portland bureau, focused on housing, that will replace the curre ...

    16 Dec 2008 - Street Roots

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