Commentary: We want Portland to be a place where everyone can afford a home Portland is experiencing an unprecedented housing crisis. Rents are up nearly 15 percent over last year, and low vacancy rates are making it harder to find a place to live. These ...
16 Jun 2016 - Deborah Kafoury and Dan Saltzman
It may be the first time in recent memory that affordable housing and homelessness will play a leading role in the 2016 election cycle. On one side of this issue is a business community fed up with homelessness. On the other side is a community filled wit ...
17 Sep 2015 - Israel Bayer
This year both the City of Portland and Multnomah County launched A Home For Everyone, a new plan to address housing and homelessness in our community. Mayor Charlie Hales and city housing commissioner, Dan Saltzman, along with Multnomah County Chair Debo ...
17 Apr 2015 - SR editorial board