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But could the pressure on Senator Rod Monroe backfire?
Members and volunteers have begun dismantling R2DToo as it moves from its longtime home beneath the Chinatown Gate. Kathleen Marie Right 2 Dream Too is finally on the move, and you can help. The well-regarded homeless rest area—which for six years sat beneath the city’s Chinatown gate—began the laborious process of relocating to its new […]
The rent control dream appears dead. After the Oregon House of Representatives earlier this year passed a bill that would kill the state’s pre-emption on local limits on rent hikes, a Senate committee this afternoon chopped that provision before moving the legislation before the full Senate. The removal came in a package of amendments taken […]
Today in “What’s Twitter mad about this time”: Millionaire to millennials: Stop buying avocado toast if you want to buy a home https://t.co/JVpbiLrvv5 — TIME (@TIME) May 15, 2017 And then there were feelings: millennials to dickhead millionaire: why don’t you pay people enough money to afford avocado toast and homes, dickhead https://t.co/tSZkX5Ztq9 — THIS […]
Leo Zarosinski When the Mercury wrote in February about how Donald Trump’s pledge to slash corporate taxes could decimate funding for affordable housing, most people we spoke with were still a touch optimistic. Sure, Trump had campaigned on a pledge to chop the tax rate significantly, but analysts figured that might have been bold talk. […]
***Update*** The original Craigslist posting for the Goat Blocks townhouse apartment now takes you to a much more reasonably-priced (in terms of Portland prices) studio apartment. It’s unclear why the original listing was changed, but it may have something to do with the anger over the absurdly-priced townhouse on social media. ***Original post: 4/24/2017, 3:52 […]
The camp’s latest proposed home could be perfect—for a year or so.
Denis Vannier, counsel for the city, addresses the court Claire Holley The fight over Portland’s new renter protections moved into its second round this morning, with no clear winner yet in sight. In a summary judgment hearing, Multnomah County Judge Henry Breithaupt heard arguments from both the City of Portland and landlords challenging the city’s […]
Less than a week before Right 2 Dream Too is supposed to leave its longtime home, the six-year-old camp is facing formal eviction. R2DToo Chairperson Sarah Chandler confirms to the Mercury that the homeless rest area was served last week with notice to vacate the property by landowner Michael Wright. Others, including a spokesperson in […]
A new bill from Speaker Tina Kotek could help.
But official reports raise questions.
It was huge news in November when Portland passed its first-ever property tax bond for affordable housing. The landslide victory meant the city would be able to borrow more than $258 million to spend on building and restoring affordable housing, which will be managed by the City of Portland. Even amid the sensible grumbling that […]
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