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In the background are red brick apartments and a rip goes down the middle of the image. Within the rip text reads, "Renters' Rights Project" and below that text it reads, "Reporting on housing inequity and those experiencing it."

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Street Roots is launching a project that will delve into deepening housing insecurity and its impacts on people’s lives. Through investigative and engagement reporting, the project will shed light on the systemic inequity underpinning housing insecurity. Within the existing homeownership system, power and wealth are concentrated among a small portion of the population, a disparity that often translates to displacement, eviction and homelessness. 

The Renters’ Rights Project aims to explore this imbalance of power and to report on rapidly changing housing equity in Oregon in real-time. We are inviting Multnomah County renters experiencing housing instability to sign up to receive periodic information, reader callouts and surveys designed to gather information about their experiences. This information will guide our reporting and provide insights about poverty and policy outcomes that will be shared with the broader public through reporting. 

Multnomah County: SHARE YOUR STORY

If you are experiencing housing insecurity, landlord harassment, or eviction, we want to hear from you. Send an email to rentersrights@streetroots.org to receive periodic project updates and occasional surveys that will help us track and report on what is happening to vulnerable communities throughout Multnomah County.

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Portland city council building in the background and a cutout of Dan Ryan smiling in the foreground.

Dan Ryan yet to respond to June call for new tenant protections

An attorney tasked with enforcing similar protections tells Street Roots why protections work and how they serve to level an uneven playing field
By
Piper McDaniel
December 14, 2022
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A face covering/mask and a gavel sit on a wooden table with a piece of paper that says "Eviction Notice. Notice to quit" and a letter starts below that says, "Dear Tenant"

Oregon eviction rates keep rising in a time of historic need

Pandemic-era rent assistance and eviction protections are dwindling. In a state with skyrocketing rent, tenants struggle to keep up.
By
Piper McDaniel
August 3, 2022
Street Roots
An illustration of a giant padlock locked up and wrapped around a house.

Eviction Representation for All wants renters to have right to counsel

Multnomah County tenants' advocacy group seeks to place a ballot measure ensuring the right to legal representation if their landlord tries to evict
By
Piper McDaniel
July 27, 2022
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photo showing green front door with torn paper effect down middle of door

Experts fear crisis of ‘aged homelessness’

Nearly 40% of all Oregonians over 65 say they are at risk of losing their homes
By
Piper McDaniel
March 16, 2022
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A photo of a piece of paper that reads, "eviction notice" and a mask and gavel rest on top of the paper.

As eviction crisis looms, tenant unions offer support

Rising unemployment, financial instability and pandemic uncertainty prompt uptick in renter organizing
By
Piper McDaniel
February 2, 2022

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Renters’ Resources

  • Oregon Law Center
  • Commons Law Center
  • Legal Aid Services of Oregon
  • CAT Renters Rights Hotline: (503) 288-0130
  • PSU Renters Handbook
  • Portland Tenants Union Renter’s Rights Information
  • PSU Homelessness Research and Action Collective
  • Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program
  • Portland Rental Services Office
  • Rose City Resource Guide
  • Community Alliance of Tenants
  • Portland Tenants Union
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