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Director’s Desk: Tina Kotek on poverty, tenant protections

Oregon's House speaker says she needs our help to 'create the silver lining' Tina Kotek is Oregon’s speaker of the House and a representative serving District 44, North and Northeast Portland. Her district includes St. Johns, the Port of Po ...

11 Feb 2017 - Israel Bayer
Poverty issues to mostly take a back seat in Salem

When legislators convene in Salem for the Legislature’s month-long session, scheduled to begin Feb. 3, they are likely to focus on economic development, job growth, continuing to fund and reform education, and pass legislation that didn’t quite make it du ...

13 Jan 2014 - Amanda Waldroupe
Notable Quotables

Highlights from a year of interviews “So, if we can reclaim the House in the election of 2014 and hold the Senate, then Harry Reid rolls back the filibuster, then we can get a lot done the last two years of the Obama presidency. That means we can’t sit ar ...

14 Dec 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Nick Fish: A Preservation Story

A look back at the past year in affordable housing, and the investments in play to carry it forward For the past five years, I had the privilege of leading the Portland Housing Bureau. In June, Mayor Hales gave me a new set of bureau assignments, and I pa ...

20 Aug 2013 - Nick Fish
Veterans, families, renters make gains in legislative session

Oregon lawmakers end session with funding victories and in the fight against housing discrimination In the several months prior to every Oregon legislative session, housing advocates come together under the umbrella of the Oregon Housing Alliance to set g ...

27 Jul 2013 - Alison McIntosh
Housing advocates, landlords go to the wire on Section 8 bill

Progress of a bill that would prohibit discrimination against Section 8 tenants has slowed due to last minute intense, delicate negotiations between landlord and tenant advocacy groups. But it is still expected to pass the Oregon Legislature, largely due ...

13 Jun 2013 - Amanda Waldroupe
Housing takes center stage in Salem

By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer They carpooled and packed into buses, wearing buttons in solidarity and some paired in matching T-shirts. More than 150 of them, of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, made the trip. They came for Housing Opportunity Lobby Da ...

23 Apr 2013 - Joanne Zuhl
Tackling Section 8 in Salem

By Jake Thomas, Staff Writer “No Section 8.” It’s just one line at the end of a Craigslist or newspaper ad, but these three words can prevent some of Oregon’s poorest and most vulnerable people from obtaining much-needed housing. Now a politician who has ...

8 Feb 2013 - Street Roots Staff
Oregon’s new voice

Rep. Tina Kotek becomes the state’s new Speaker of the House, on the support of a Democratic majority and the expectations of a state in need of change By Joanne Zuhl, Staff Writer To mark her swearing in as the state’s newest House Speaker, Oregon Rep. T ...

31 Jan 2013 - Street Roots Staff
State of Oregon human services budget ‘horrendous’

State of Oregon human services budget ‘horrendous’ By Amanda Waldroupe, Staff Writer Four months ago, the proposed cuts to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program threatened to cut an estimated 8,000 from needed assistance to stay in ho ...

18 Jul 2011 - Street Roots