The program ended in August 2022, but tenants are still in the throes of a rental emergency The pandemic-era Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program, or OERAP, prevented nearly 70,000 renters from being evicted, according to the state, yet tenants, law ...
9 Aug 2023 - Aurora Biggers
Candidates running in districts 33, 38, 41, 43 and 49 Maxine Dexter (D), State Rep. District 33, Portland, Incumbent, Submitted answers Maxine Dexter (D), District 33 1. What do you believe is the main cause of the homelessness crisis? In terms of concret ...
12 Oct 2022 - Aurora Biggers and Piper McDaniel and K. Rambo
After months of delays, OERAP is steadily distributing rental assistance funds, but the state may run out of money without more federal funds The Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP), plagued for months by technical glitches, staffing issues ...
20 Oct 2021 - Aurora Biggers
More than four years after Daybreak closed, an interfaith group plans to reopen family shelters at various churches National housing nonprofit Family Promise is partnering with local churches to open shelters in East Portland by March 2022, according to B ...
22 Sep 2021 - Aurora Biggers
County officials say it will take until March to review all rental assistance applications, unsure when federal money will dispense Officials say some Multnomah County applications for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) will not be rev ...
1 Sep 2021 - Aurora Biggers
Oregon rental aid program flounders while clock on eviction protections for renters runs down, putting thousands at risk of eviction When Rae Bloodgood applied for the Oregon Emergency Rental Assistance Program (OERAP) in June, she knew she wasn’t going t ...
11 Aug 2021 - Aurora Biggers