A Match Made in Heaven
How religious communities offer a unique solution to tackling the housing crisis.
- Published in Real Estate
Homelessness Crisis: The Other One Percent
Why affordable housing can’t solve Oregon’s homelessness epidemic on its own, and how one organization is laying the groundwork for business to carry the torch.
- Published in Nonprofit
Updated: Harvard economist scores Oregon on access to the American dream
Rural areas outperform their urban counterparts.
- Published in Economy and Finance
Gresham sees surge in industrial development
A manufacturing hub springs up on the outskirts of the Portland metropolitan area.
- Published in Economy and Finance
Editor's Note: 16,000 vacant apartments, redux
A short item I posted two days ago about 16 thousand vacant apartments in the Portland metro area has attracted an outsize amount of attention.
- Published in Real Estate
City kickstarts Joyce Hotel design and renovation process
Two years after the Portland Housing Bureau purchased the Joyce Hotel, a low cost housing option for homeless and low-income residents, the city is moving forward with plans to redevelop the property.
- Published in Real Estate
An ambitious effort to combat gentrification in Seattle offers lessons for Portland
A coalition of developers and nonprofits aims to restore community and add affordable housing in a historic black neighborhood in Seattle.
- Published in Real Estate