Frustrations Rise As Oregon Legislature Considers Additional Rent Controls
8:30am, 4-12-2023
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This interview featured Street Roots Editor-in-Chief K. Rambo. The story this week was written by Street Roots Correspondent Tom Henderson.
Mentioned in Episode:
- Follow SB 611's progress through the legislature [statewide caps]
- Follow HB 3503's progress through the legislature [lifting prohibition on local rent control laws]
- Past Article Discussed: Oregon landlords filed at least 2,324 eviction cases in January [Piper McDaniel, Street Roots, Feb 2023]
Other Related Coverage & Resources:
- Just Keep Building? Building more homes won't fix the affordability crisis. [Piper McDaniel, Street Roots, June 2022]
- Housing Issues Promise to Dominate Legislative Session [Tom Henderson, Street Roots, Feb 2023]
- Initial Coverage of 2019 Rent Control Legislation [Elliot Njus, OregonLive, Feb 2019]
- Related Coverage on Advocacy for Increased Rent Control [Isabella Garcia, Portland Mercury, Mar 2023]
- Why low-income renters get priced out despite government affordable housing incentives [Pat Dooris, Jamie Parfitt, KGW, Feb 2023]
- Who existing rent control laws don't cover: Spikes in Rental Prices for Affordable Housing Tenants [Alex Zielinski, Portland Mercury, Sep 2022]
- If you or someone you know is facing eviction or related housing insecurity, make sure to know your rights as a tenant [from Community Alliance of Tenants]
Episode Credits:
This episode was hosted and produced by XRAY Development Manager, Nina Dabit, with reporting done by Street Roots Correspondent Tom Henderson, and interview coverage by Street Roots Editor-in-Chief K. Rambo. This episode was edited by Kyle Gilmer of Residual Audio.