Last Updated on September 8, 2019

Capital Chatter: …homelessness

I just read a great article in the Oregon Capital Insider regarding housing and homelessness. Here are a few snippets:

“‘We have a housing crisis in America.’ Those are the words of Washington Congressman Denny Heck at the recent Oregon Housing Conference in Portland.”

“The housing crisis has multiple components: a homelessness problem, an affordable housing problem and a workforce housing problem.”

“‘Punchline: We’re not building anywhere enough housing units to meet the need.'”

“Forty years ago, the U.S. was annually building 12,000 housing units for every million people, according to Heck. Now the rate of housing construction is down to 4,000 units per million. ”

See the article at http://oregoncapitalinsider.com/oci/2278-349614-capital-chatter-oregonians-talk-about-homelessness.

Rick

September 8, 2019

“I am only one; but still I am one. I cannot do everything; but still I can do something; and because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”

~Edward Everett Hale

“To end homelessness, a community-wide coordinated approach to delivering services, housing, and programs is needed.” —National Alliance to End Homelessness

“One thing is certain: There is almost always resistance from individuals and organizations seeking to defend the status quo.” —Housing First: Ending Homelessness, Transforming Systems, and Changing Lives

“… middle-class values cannot be imposed on those who have had no access to middle-class comforts.” —Lloyd Pendleton

Capital Chatter: …homelessness

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