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OPINION | Accessory dwelling units provide solutions to housing shortage

MOVING FORWARD | Research suggests a boom in Accessory dwelling units is on the near horizon, but that requires a new generation of homeowners to jump on board. Here’s why they should.
By
Henry Latourette Miller
September 15, 2021
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Kaia Sand | Reduce police encounters for people in crisis

OPINION | Portland Street Response can meet people where they are
By
Kaia Sand
September 15, 2021
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OPINION | The importance of demonstrating care

Volunteering during the pandemic changed how I view what service is
By
Elizabeth Prater
September 8, 2021
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OPINION | Conservatorships historically used to exploit Native Americans

In the early 1900s some Native Americans were put under a status of guardianship, claiming to protect them, but instead their money and property were taken
By
Andrea Seielstad
September 8, 2021
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OPINION | Even with eviction moratorium, landlords kicked renters out

Millions of renters lost a key protection keeping them in their homes last month
By
Matthew Fowle
September 8, 2021
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Kaia Sand | Action needed so people can afford rent

OPINION | Wyden has proposed a bill to move toward universal vouchers
By
Kaia Sand
September 8, 2021
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Home and heart with community

Opinion | ‘I felt privileged, protected, overwhelmed and mentally exhausted’
By
Dan Newth
September 5, 2021
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People already collect cans for cash rewards, why not expand it to trash?

Portland needs a better plan for trash

No one, including members of the houseless community, likes the litter problem in Portland
By
Kat Wasula
September 2, 2021
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Kaia Sand | Concern for ‘humanitarian crisis’ could turn inhumane

OPINION | Most funders of the campaign strategist-led ‘People for Portland’ are anonymous
By
Kaia Sand
September 1, 2021
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Opinion | It’s time to bring back universal subsidized child care

Learning from history: Community-run child care centers during World War II
By
Martin Hart-Landsberg
August 25, 2021

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