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From The Frontlines Of The Housing Crisis: Two Vulnerable Tenants Discuss Their Experiences In Portland's Increasingly Brutal Housing Market, Thomas Kerr
Metroscape
Homelessness is the most visible face of Portland's affordable housing crisis, but the numbers of street sleepers and tent campers are nothing compared to the hundreds of thousands of beleaguered tenants. They may be hidden away in their separate apartments, but they are suffering the effects of crisis all the same. Forty percent of the 900,000 households in the Portland Metro area are tenants, and half are paying more than 30 percent of their income on rent. A quarter pay more than 50 percent, and the percentages go higher as the households get poorer. Besides forcing them to impoverish themselves …
Living On The Edge: The Forgotten Tribulations Of Affordable Housing In The Suburbs, Linn Davis
Living On The Edge: The Forgotten Tribulations Of Affordable Housing In The Suburbs, Linn Davis
Metroscape
The article describes how the housing crisis is playing out in the region's suburbs.
Indicators Of The Metroscape: Housing Cost Burden, Elizabeth Morehead
Indicators Of The Metroscape: Housing Cost Burden, Elizabeth Morehead
Metroscape
Elizabeth Morehead focuses on the percentage of households spending 30 percent or more of their income on housing.
Housing Needs Study For The Portland Metropolitan Area Final Report, George C. Hough Jr., Sheila A. Martin, Gerard C. Mildner, Risa Proehl
Housing Needs Study For The Portland Metropolitan Area Final Report, George C. Hough Jr., Sheila A. Martin, Gerard C. Mildner, Risa Proehl
Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies Publications
The purpose of this report is to respond to the recommendations of the Regional Housing Choice Task Force by providing information to guide housing choice policy for the Metro Council. In particular, the objectives of this project were to: Estimate current and future affordable housing need for the Metro region; Describe the distribution of households by income, age, and size across the metro region; Describe the tenure of these households and the type of housing they will choose; Identify and describe those household types that are most likely to struggle to meet the cost of housing based on their income; …
Affordable Housing In Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
Affordable Housing In Portland, City Club Of Portland (Portland, Or.)
City Club of Portland
No abstract provided.