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 placement of children into foster care. In 2017, inadequate housing was a factor in 17% of the removal of children from their family. This is a 40% increase over two years ago, affecting 200 more children. “We want to