Sorel stays. More camp sweeps by city.
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Sorel Is Staying Downtown and the City Might Get More Sweep Authority
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Hall Monitor: The Relo War Approaches
Landlords and Tenant Groups Are Gearing Up for Their Biggest Skirmish Yet.
Landlords and tenant groups are gearing up for their biggest skirmish yet.
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Columbia Sportswear Says It Won’t Move Its Sorel Brand out of Downtown, After All
Protestors gather outside of the Columbia Sportswear flagship store on December 2, to oppose new restrictions on sidewalk use. Doug Brown Sorel’s staying putโfor now. More than three months after Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle invoked safety concerns and threatened to pull the footwear subsidiary’s headquarters from downtown Portland, a Columbia spokesman tells the Mercury […]
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The City Might Modify its Renter Relocation Payment Policy. Here Are the Highlights.
More than a year after Portland passed a law requiring landlords to pay relocation expenses to some tenants, the city’s about to start collecting data on how the policy is working. Next week, Portland City Council is scheduled to take up an ordinance that would make its mandatory rental relocation assistance policy permanent, doing away […]
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Severe Weather Homeless Shelters Will Open the Next Two NightsโAnd Donations Are Needed
Jason Sturgill Severe weather shelters that were activated Sunday night will remain open for the next two nights at least, as the city sits covered in ice and snow. The Multnomah County-run Joint Office of Homeless Services announced earlier today that it’s already determined that weather will be severe enough tomorrow night to guarantee homeless […]
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Portland Has Settled Its Years-Long Beef with HomeAway
arda savaลcฤฑoฤullarฤฑ/ Getty Images Plus The city’s long war with HomeAway appears to be at an end. After a dispute that included three separate lawsuits and forced City Hall to ask voters for a change to the Portland charter, the city announced this afternoon it’s reached a settlement with the short-term rental provider. That settlement […]
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In Texts to Business Lobby, Mayor’s Office Pledged to Dramatically Increase Portland’s No-Sit Sidewalks
“Whatever It Takes,” Mayor Ted Wheeler Wrote Last Year, After Columbia Threatened to Pull Out of Downtown
“Whatever it takes,” Mayor Ted Wheeler wrote last year, after Columbia threatened to pull out of downtown.
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Hall Monitor: The Housing Bureau Goes Fishing
As Apartment Projects Slow, Can the City Convince Developers to Offer Cheap Units?
As apartment projects slow, can the city entice developers to offer cheap units?
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Wheeler’s Change of Heart on Renter Protections Has Property Managers Ditching a City Committee
COSMONAUT / GETTY IMAGES Mayor Ted Wheeler made it official on February 9. Appearing before an advisory committee that’s been studying fixes to Portland’s law requiring relocation payments to renters, Wheeler announced he’d support closing a controversial loophole in the policy. Now, members of a separate but similar committee are quitting in protest. Since Wheeler’s […]
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A Crumbling Roof Has Closed the County’s Largest Homeless Shelter for Families
The building that houses Human Solutions Family Center, 16015 SE Stark, complete with a view of its weird roof. Google Roughly 110 people who’d been staying in the county’s largest family homeless shelter are being moved into motel rooms today, after collapsed sheetrock raised fresh concerns about the integrity of the roof on Wednesday. Multnomah […]
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As the City Increases Camp Cleanups, It Wants Permission to Sweep State Land, Too
A Bill Before the Oregon Legislative Assembly Could Make That Happen
A bill before the Legislative Assembly could make that happen.
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Quanice Hayes’ Family Plans to Sue. Landlord Loophole Will Close
Quanice Hayes’ family plans to sue. Landlord loophole closes.