Affordable Housing

Oregon cities say they’re trying to meet the state’s housing goals - but need help building the infrastructure required to add new residents.

Property managers say more tenants aren't paying rent on time. Housing advocates say rising rents and stagnant wages make it harder to do so.

Oregon lawmakers last week previewed some of their ideas to build more homes and lower rents and home prices for Oregonians struggling with the high cost of housing.

California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.”

Looking at the data, it’s mostly bad news for the state of housing across Oregon, from a lack of supply to an increasing homeless population. And in recent years, the median home price has increased seven-fold compared to wages.

Economic development officials along the south Oregon coast say a housing crunch is hindering growth.

Housing projects are waiting more than a year for vital equipment to connect new apartment buildings to the grid. The cause is complicated.

Humboldt County passed a rent control measure for mobile home communities back in 2016. That measure now applies to RV parks. And the county is expecting a lawsuit.

Oregon farmworkers, many of them immigrants, face a housing market that is fraught with substandard living conditions or is financially out of reach.

A new poll from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California shows California voters are almost evenly split on two housing-related measures appearing on the ballot this fall.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Friday that could have made immigrants without legal status eligible for loans under a state program offering assistance to first-time homebuyers.

As Oregon Coast communities are increasingly dominated by tourism, many long-term residents are struggling with housing instability, and homelessness.