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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… Continue reading Three months to go until the 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… Continue reading The Housing Alliance is gearing up for 2017 Legislative Session

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… Continue reading Matthew Desmond’s ‘Evicted’ and the Solutions within Oregon’s Reach

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… Continue reading We Did It! 2016 Legislative Session Wrap Up

The road to getting an important bill passed can take a lot of twists and turns. This is even truer when there are a variety of different bills coming together as part of a negotiated package. But the clock is ticking, and we need legislators to produce a strong set of housing policies to preserve… Continue reading Approaching the Finish Line: Week 4 Legislative Update

The short session is just past its halfway point, and the pace continues to accelerate! We are excited to see continued momentum around housing opportunity this session. A number of the proposals around tenant protections, inclusionary zoning, and land use are linked together as part of a proposed housing package but continue to move as… Continue reading Mid-Session Legislative Update

There’s no time to waste in taking action for housing opportunity, and the Oregon Legislature got right to work this, hearing bills for tenant protections and inclusionary zoning on Monday, February 1—the first day of session. The hearings for House Bill 4001 and Senate Bill 1533 were filled with some incredibly powerful testimony from community members… Continue reading You’re Being Heard at Hearings for Housing Opportunity

Testify before members of the Ways and Means committee, which is in charge of the state’s budget and decides how our state’s resources are allocated. Speaking up at these “Roadshows” will remind committee members that we need immediate resources to: support Oregonians struggling to pay the rent, ensure the continued success of the Oregon Foreclosure Avoidance… Continue reading Attend and testify at a Ways and Means Roadshow

Prevent and end homelessness with $20 million for the Emergency Housing Account (EHA) and State Homeless Assistance Program (SHAP). Tens of thousands of Oregonians experienced homelessness last year – 20,000 of whom were kids. 853 of those kids lived in Salem, 1,291 in Beaverton, 1,200 in Medford and 302 in the counties of the north… Continue reading Socks