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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.
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 …
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.