Affordable housing
| “ | Unfortunately, the State of Oregon forbids rent control, and values land ownership rights over tenants’ rights. | ” |
— Amanda Fritz, City Commissioner[1]
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Finding affordable housing in Portland, Oregon is becoming harder and harder.
External Resources
- http://www.noah-housing.org/
- http://www.housingconnections.org/
- http://www.hapdx.org/
- http://www.cpahinc.org/
- http://www.oregon.gov/OHCS/COM_INeedHelp.shtml
- http://habitatportlandmetro.org/
In The News
- Game of Homes: The private-equity firm Blackstone could be your next landlord.
- Seeing a profitable opening in the wake of the foreclosure crisis, investment groups have worked diligently to bring a “rentership society” into being. During the past two years, investors have bought approximately 200,000 single-family homes, mostly foreclosures, in urban areas nationwide, with plans to convert them into rental properties.
See also
References
- ↑ Affordable housing in Portland: No recourse for renters losing cheap apartments to infill development From article: "The urban core is increasingly becoming a 'playground' for the well educated and well off, while the fringes of Portland are almost indistinguishable from neglected areas of other cities."