Housing

Wages aren’t keeping up with the cost of living and first-time homeownership is out of reach for most households, according to a recent report commissioned by the Central Oregon city.

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians held ribbon cutting to celebrate Kloshe Illahee Haws, a new 39-unit affordable housing project open to Siletz citizens and the broader Salem community.

The strained state budget and the need to backfill federal cuts could limit some of their ambitions. Other proposals target restrictive local zoning.

Deschutes County Safe parking program misses out on state funding due to budget shortfall and funding regulations.

For the first time in years, Oregon landlords governed by the state’s rent stabilization law can’t hand out double-digit rent increases. 

More than one in four homeless people in Oregon are over the age of 55. As the state’s population gets older, many seniors rely on a fragile social safety net.

Portland’s mid-year budget woes are growing. According to City Administrator Michael Jordan, the city’s homeless shelter system is short $11 million to cover anticipated costs this year.

A nonprofit is offering low-cost apartments to students, even if they have no credit score or co-signer.

A housing hotline operated seven days a week helps callers in Clark County navigate resources for people experiencing or facing homelessness, eviction or domestic violence.

The Southwest Washington city also recently made camping on public property illegal 24 hours per day.