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Oregon bill on housing and homeless falls short

Written March 11th, 2023 by Hasso Hering

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Leaders in the Oregon legislature say they want to encourage more housing to be built and to reduce the number of homeless people. That’s what they say, but their legislation does nothing to achieve that goal.

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Tags: HB 2001, homeless, homeless camps, housing, land use, legislature

Council stymied in allocating housing cash

Written October 12th, 2022 by Hasso Hering

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The Albany City Council lacked sufficient votes Wednesday to allocate part of the $1 million the city got from the state to spend toward easing various housing problems including homelessness.

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Tags: Albany, Creating Housing Coalition, DevNW, Habiitat for Humanity, homeless, houusing, legislature, million dollars, state grant

Legislature quits; we’re safe!

Written July 8th, 2013 by

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We can breathe a little easier now. The legislature has adjourned, and the damage has been relatively minor. Lawmakers convened in January, started work in February and called it quits on Monday, just five days before the constitutional deadline. During all that time they allocated more money to schools and various other programs, but they […]

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Tags: legislature

Self-service gas in emergencies?

Written March 8th, 2013 by

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Senate Bill 127 in the Oregon legislature is rekindling an old debate that had all but died out: Self-service gas, yes or no? Oregon and New Jersey remain the only states in the country where motorists are not allowed to pump their own fuel at gas stations open to the public. It’s a silly law, […]

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Tags: gas, legislature, Oregon, self-service

HASSO HERING

Oregon bill on housing and homeless falls short

Council stymied in allocating housing cash

Legislature quits; we’re safe!

Self-service gas in emergencies?