Housing Opportunity Day – March 22
Take action to help ensure every Oregonian has a safe, stable, and affordable place to c all home and have fun while doing it—join us for our first Housing Opportunity Day of the 2017 Legislative session! This is your chance to meet your legislators and tell them that we need to take action to prevent…
Register now! Stable Homes for Oregon Families Lobby Day – March 2
Whether you’re a renter or a homeowner, we all need a stable place to call home. Right now, the system is out of balance, and the 4 in 10 Oregonians who rent can lose their homes for no reason due to no-cause evictions and extreme rent increases. We can provide renters with basic housing stability by…
What to expect: Ways & Means Road Show Edition
Every two years, the Ways & Means Committee of the Oregon Legislature sets a budget for the coming two-year period. The process is long and complex, but it begins with two things: First, an understanding of how much money is available to spend, Second, a proposal known as the “Co-Chairs’ Budget”, and Third, an opportunity…
We Need More Homes…And Stable Ones
As we build new homes, we must be sure that families remain in theirs. A stable home that they can afford gives families the foundation for success. Kids can succeed in school, parents can remain stable in their jobs, and people’s health stabilizes and improves when Oregonians have safe, stable, and affordable places to call…
Thoughts from the Housing Alliance on the Existing Resources Budget Framework
The Oregon Housing Alliance believes that we must come together to meet the needs of the people impacted by the housing crisis, and lay a foundation of opportunity for every Oregonian—through good budget cycles and bad. The need to create this opportunity is even more dire as our affordable housing crisis is hurting families and…
Governor’s Budget highlights the need to invest in home for Oregonians
Today, Governor Kate Brown released her budget for the 2017-19 biennium. The budget included a substantial and needed investment in both new and existing affordable housing that will build or preserve 1,500 homes across the state. This is an important first step to begin to address the crisis we are facing in every corner of…
Three months to go until the 2017 Legislative session
The 2017 Legislative session is now less than three short months away. The Housing Alliance’s 2017 Housing Opportunity Agenda is nearly finalized, and we want to give you an update on our proposals and share the inside story on how we’ve gotten to where we are. The who, what, and how of Housing Alliance agenda-setting in…
The Housing Alliance is gearing up for 2017 Legislative Session
Fall is nearly here, and the 2017 Legislative session is just five short months away. The Housing Alliance’s 2017 Housing Opportunity Agenda is taking shape, and we want to give you an update on our proposals and share the inside story on how we’ve gotten to where we are. The who, what, and how of Housing…
Matthew Desmond’s ‘Evicted’ and the Solutions within Oregon’s Reach
Cross-posted from Neighborhood Partnerships’ blog. Matthew Desmond’s groundbreaking new book, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, uses the stories of Milwaukee, Wisconsin tenants living in poverty, their families, and their landlords, to illustrate the harsh and devastating consequences of eviction. Desmond also points us towards next steps. As he says, “a different kind…
We Did It! 2016 Legislative Session Wrap Up
We came in to 2016 calling for bold action on housing opportunity. Communities throughout the state face unprecedented barriers to housing stability, and we selected a slate of policy and funding priorities to comprehensively address these challenges. Many of these bills changed throughout the process, requiring flexible and dynamic responses. In the end, a number of…