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Ashland residents brought concerns and solutions to a recent forum on Thursday night focused on the local housing crisis.

Federal government’s last-minute announcement will allow the state to keep its application portal open for one more week and help an additional estimated 2,200 households.

Hundreds of Oregon residents who lost their homes in the Almeda and South Obenchain fires are currently housed in FEMA trailers. Now, with few housing alternatives in the Rogue Valley and slow wildfire recovery, these residents are being asked to pay market-rate rent.

The state of Oregon is halting its rental assistance program, despite receiving thousands of applications weekly from people seeking the state’s help to stay in their homes as winter approaches.

Technology struggles, burdensome levels of paperwork and staffing shortages have plagued the state as it works to distribute rental assistance dollars.

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has signed a measure into law that gives that gives tenants facing financial struggles during the coronavirus pandemic more time to pay their past-due rent.

The city of Portland is back in court this week defending a four-year-old city rule that requires landlords pay renters’ moving fees if they significantly increase rent or issue an eviction notice without cause.

On Wednesday, City Council will vote on awarding a $150,000 contract to Portland-based nonprofit Resolutions Northwest to provide mediation services for landlords and tenants in a conflict that would traditionally lead to eviction filings. The votes comes before an anticipated flood of evictions when the state's COVID-19 eviction moratorium expires this summer.

Portlanders who move out of their homes due to a small increase in their rent over the next six months will have their relocation expenses covered under new protections passed by the City Council Wednesday.

As part of an ongoing lawsuit, Oregon state Sen. Rod Monroe's lawyers say they'll subpoena Willamette Week and Portland Tenants United.