After seven years of living in a cramped two-bedroom apartment in Northeast Portland with her four sons, Ja’Nelle Samuels assumed homeownership was impossible. The 43-year-old single mom and nonprofit manager grew up without housing stability. Her only model for homeownership growing up was her grandmother, who took her in after she left the foster care […]
REDMOND — Homelessness in central Oregon is finally on a decline following years of steady increase, a milestone housing advocates, state lawmakers and Gov. Tina Kotek celebrated Monday. Nearly 1,700 individuals experienced homelessness across three central Oregon counties in 2026, a 19.1% drop from about 2,100 people in 2025, according to the Homeless Leadership Coalition’s […]
WHITE SALMON — As identified in its workplan for this year, White Salmon’s Planning Commission considered relaxing restrictions on short-term …
One of the country’s largest property management companies must pay Oregon and eight other states $7 million after using software that artificially inflated rent prices. LivCor, a real estate company specializing in multi-family housing, is the latest defendant in a multistate lawsuit from January 2025 ordered to stop using software from the Texas-based company RealPage […]
(The Center Square) – A member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is frustrated with state laws allowing multiple homes to be built on single-home sites in a community rebuilding after the Eaton Fire. One law permits up to 10 homes.
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Democratic members of Oregon’s congressional delegation on Thursday announced a plan to alleviate homelessness and improve housing affordability through tax credits and construction subsidies. U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Val Hoyle, of Oregon’s 4th Congressional District, introduced the Decent, Affordable, Safe Housing for All, or DASH Act. The proposal would create a new […]
The idea started with a sermon Micah Longmire heard at his Presbyterian church in Ogden, Utah, about the importance of grandparents in a child’s life. Longmire, now 31, exchanged a look with his mother-in-law. “We were like, ‘I’d be OK living with you after that sermon,’ and the ball rolled downhill from there,” Longmire said. […]
Nearly 1,000 Oregon households used a state-sponsored lending program to help buy a home in 2025. The Flex Lending program, which Oregon Housing and Community Services began developing in 2018, allows low- to moderate-income borrowers to buy homes in the Beaver State with minimal cash upfront and lower interest rates. Last year, 33 state-approved lenders […]
