Frustrations Rise As Oregon Legislature Considers Additional Rent Controls

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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]

• Public Testimony on SB 611 

• Street Roots Radio: Oregon Evictions Surging After Pandemic Protections Expire [Feb 15, 2023]

• 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.