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Erik Neumann/JPRThe money from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will convert vacant or low-occupancy nonresidential buildings into affordable housing. That could include industrial or commercial buildings as well as hotels or motels. -
Jane Vaughan/JPRJPR reporter Jane Vaughan joins the Exchange.
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Joining the Exchange is Kendyl Kaplan, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Rogue Valley. -
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More than one in four homeless people in Oregon are over the age of 55. As the state’s population gets older, many seniors rely on a fragile social safety net. -
For the first time in years, Oregon landlords governed by the state’s rent stabilization law can’t hand out double-digit rent increases. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom will have to decide soon if renters can fight eviction if their Social Security checks are disrupted during President Trump’s second term. -
56,000. 2.7 million. 840,000. Why is one of California’s most pressing policy problems so hard to measure? -
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Grants Pass police cleared homeless encampments Tuesday morning at Baker and Kesterson Parks, directing residents to leave public property. -
Many California cities require homebuilders to create affordable housing or pay fees to support construction of those units. A new lawsuit contends those fees are unconstitutional. -
What happens when you take high interest rates, unpredictable tariffs, a shortage of homes, a 50-year-old property tax law and mix them together? A housing market stuck in molasses. -
The senior housing project is meant to generate revenue for the university and inspire lifelong learning among older adults. -
Lawmakers passed at least a dozen bills meant to protect renter security deposits, boost housing production and ensure access to homeless shelters statewide.
