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Approved: first vote on tenant protection bill Senate Housing Committee approves SB 608 and sends it to full vote of Senate

Salem - Oregon renters got one step closer to statewide protections to p...

22,000 Oregon students lag behind their peers because they don’t have stable housing

This Thanksgiving holiday, nearly 22,000 Oregon students don’t have a place to call home, leaving them struggling behind their classmates and reducing their chances for success in the f...

Latest report shows the impossible housing bind for Oregon’s low-income renters. 

Across Oregon, people who rent their homes continue to struggle in the face of rents that are completely out of line with wages. According to a report released today from the National Low...

Oregon children paying the price for legislative inaction on statewide protections for families who rent.

Today in her proclamation for National Foster Care Month, Gov. Kate Brown called out housing instability as one of the root causes for family separation and placeme...

As a national study shows the stark connection between evictions and homelessness, a recent mass eviction in Portland shows the need for tenant protections

A new report released this month has an important message for Oregon policy makers grappling with the statewide ho...

Salem, Ore.—With the drop of the gavel today to mark the end of the 2017 Oregon legislative session, it became official that essential tenant protections in HB 2004 did not pass the Oregon legislature.

In a state with a record number of homeless children and in spite...

Mayors, council members, commissioners join state legislators who support limiting no-cause evictions

Salem, Ore. – As the legislature enters its final full week, local elected officials across the state, including mayors, city councilors, county commissioners, and scho...

Salem, Ore. – On June 28, 2017 the Senate Rules Committee voted to pass HB 2004B with the –B21 amendments.

Following the vote, Pam Phan, Policy and Organizing Director for the Community Alliance of Tenants, issued the following stateme...

Over ninety faith leaders from around the state to Oregon Senate: Please pass HB 2004 to protect congregations and community

Oregon’s religious leaders call on Sen. Peter Courtney and Sen. Ginny Burdick today

Salem, Ore. – In the final weeks of the Oregon legislative ses...

With rents at an all-time high and vacancy rates near zero, families evicted from their homes face few housing options

Salem, Ore.— The cost of housing in Oregon continues to rise and is increasingly out of reach for low-wage Oregonians, according to a new report from t...