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The Landscape: Tiny And Very Small Houses, Andrés Oswill
The Landscape: Tiny And Very Small Houses, Andrés Oswill
Metroscape
The article describes one of many approaches to creating more affordable housing choices -- tiny and very small houses. The author explains how the current trend returns to an affordable housing approach used much earlier in Portland's history.
Indicators Of The Metroscape: The Young, The Old, And The Single, Elizabeth Morehead
Indicators Of The Metroscape: The Young, The Old, And The Single, Elizabeth Morehead
Metroscape
Elizabeth Morehead focuses on the changing demographic of households in the Portland metropolitan region
Periodic Atlas Of The Of The Metroscape: The Geography Of Publicly Subsidized Affordable Housing, Meg Merrick
Periodic Atlas Of The Of The Metroscape: The Geography Of Publicly Subsidized Affordable Housing, Meg Merrick
Metroscape
Meg Merrick maps publicly subsidized affordable housing units across the region, discusses their geography, and describes their location in relation to two important amenities: schools and libraries.
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 …
Periodic Atlas Of The Of The Metroscape: Warming Up The City - Mapping The Hottest (Literally) Neighborhoods Of Portland, Vivek Shandas, Jackson Voelkel
Periodic Atlas Of The Of The Metroscape: Warming Up The City - Mapping The Hottest (Literally) Neighborhoods Of Portland, Vivek Shandas, Jackson Voelkel
Metroscape
Vivek Shandas and Jackson Voelkel show us how urban head varies by characteristics of a neighborhood's built and natural environment. The Atlas reminds us to be aware of the potential impact on those most likely to suffer ill effects from the heat.
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.