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Denise and Dachea’s story: finding friendship and support in Oregon City

By Lauren Everett

Aug. 7, 2024 6:08 p.m.

Three women sitting around a picnic table in a community garden admiring a small dog.

When Denise needed a job and Dachea needed a caregiver, the resident services coordinator at their Oregon City affordable housing complex connected them. The resident services coordinator’s position is paid for by Metro’s supportive housing services fund.

A new day for housing and homelessness services in Clackamas County

By Lauren Everett

July 23, 2024 5:20 p.m.

Woman in floral print blouse standing in front of flowering shrubbery and smiling at the camera.

Thanks to Metro’s voter-approved supportive housing services fund, Clackamas County has massively expanded their social safety net for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Not just surviving but thriving: a healing place for Native families

By Lauren Everett

July 1, 2024 11:12 a.m.

A community room with a large mural depicting various scenes: an elder and child surrounded by flowers, an eagle in flight, and a group in a canoe on a river.

A new shelter program in Milwaukie offers culturally responsive services for a community that is overrepresented in the population of people experiencing homelessness. Staffing and operations are paid for by almost $2 million in Metro supportive housing services funds.

Cedar Rising celebrates grand opening, bringing 81 affordable homes to Aloha

June 17, 2024 10:24 a.m.

Apartment complex courtyard with play structure and raised garden beds.

Metro’s affordable housing bond and transit-oriented development program helped fund the construction of Cedar Rising, an affordable housing complex in Aloha. Thirty-three apartments are reserved for households with incomes at or below 30% of the area median income.

Nueva Esperanza brings affordable housing with community-centered design to Hillsboro

May 14, 2024 10:06 a.m.

Grassy plaza between multifamily housing buildings with a swingset in the middle.

Built with funds from Metro’s affordable housing bond, the new apartment complex provides homes for 150 households with an emphasis on meeting the needs of farmworkers, and Latine and Somali immigrant families.

The Opal brings affordable, inclusive homes for older adults to Cedar Mill

April 16, 2024 11:12 a.m.

Three-story multifamily building with blue exterior and white trim.

Built with funding from the Metro affordable housing bond, the new 54-home apartment building located in Washington County will provide onsite services to resident members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Metro supportive housing services dollars help people re-enter the workforce

By Lauren Everett

April 10, 2024 10:01 a.m.

Jay, a Community Beautification Lead for Cultivate Initiatives, drives his truck Brutus.

With the support of Metro supportive housing service dollars, nonprofit Cultivate Initiatives helps people experiencing homelessness re-enter the workforce.

Betsy's story: finding stability with the help of eviction prevention services

By Lauren Everett

March 13, 2024 2:20 p.m.

Portrait of a senior woman similing, sitting in a living room in an overstuffed leather chair.

With the help of case management and emergency rent assistance paid for by Metro's supportive housing services fund, Gresham resident Betsy is living in stable housing after experiencing homelessness.

Metro’s housing bond brings affordable homeownership opportunities to households in greater Portland

By Lauren Everett

Feb. 6, 2024 1:08 p.m.

Architectural rendering of a residential development consisting of two-story homes around a courtyard with a garden.

Four Metro bond funded developments will bring affordable homeownership opportunities to 87 households in Portland, Gresham and Milwaukie.

Rapid re-housing transforms lives across greater Portland

By Lauren Everett

Jan. 3, 2024 4:31 p.m.

Smiling woman in white blouse with platinum blonde hair.

In the second year of Metro’s supportive housing services fund, dozens of organizations connected over 1,100 people in greater Portland with short-term rent assistance and support services through the rapid re-housing program.

Alongside Senior Housing opens, bringing new affordable homes to Tigard

Nov. 15, 2023 2:19 p.m.

New apartment community Alongside Senior Housing in Tigard received over $6 million in Metro affordable housing bond funds and will provide homes for 57 senior households.

Permanent supportive housing transforms lives across greater Portland

By Lauren Everett

Oct. 11, 2023 4:14 p.m.

Woman dressed in all black standing in front of an apartment building smiling.

Pairing affordable homes built with funds from Metro's affordable housing bond with services paid for by Metro's supportive housing services fund has created more permanent supportive housing across greater Portland. These homes support people who have experienced chronic homelessness and have at least one disability.

Public notice: Opportunity to provide testimony on business tax administration rules

Sept. 20, 2023 3:28 p.m.

Metro, in coordination with the City of Portland Revenue Division, will hold a public hearing on Sept. 21 to discuss administrative rules interpreting the Business License Law, Multnomah County Business Income Tax Law and Metro Business Income Tax Law.

Get rolling this May with the 2025 Bike Month Challenge

Denise and Dachea’s story: finding friendship and support in Oregon City

A new day for housing and homelessness services in Clackamas County

Not just surviving but thriving: a healing place for Native families

Cedar Rising celebrates grand opening, bringing 81 affordable homes to Aloha

Nueva Esperanza brings affordable housing with community-centered design to Hillsboro

The Opal brings affordable, inclusive homes for older adults to Cedar Mill

Metro supportive housing services dollars help people re-enter the workforce

Betsy's story: finding stability with the help of eviction prevention services

Metro’s housing bond brings affordable homeownership opportunities to households in greater Portland

Rapid re-housing transforms lives across greater Portland

Alongside Senior Housing opens, bringing new affordable homes to Tigard

Good Shepherd Village in Happy Valley marks the 1,000th completed Metro bond home

Permanent supportive housing transforms lives across greater Portland

Public notice: Opportunity to provide testimony on business tax administration rules

New shelter opens in Cornelius using Metro funds