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Home Forward Waitlist Opens for First Time in 2 Years
Home Forward Waitlist Opens for First Time in 2 Years

The waitlist opens Tuesday, April 15 at 9:00 a.m. until Monday, April 21 at 11:59 p.m (Pacific Time). 

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Donovan ScribesApril 16, 2025
Renters' Rights Hotline Winter 2024 Hours
Renters' Rights Hotline Winter 2024 Hours

Hotline will remain open through Winter.

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Donovan ScribesDecember 18, 2024
2024 CAT Annual Member Meeting Recap!
2024 CAT Annual Member Meeting Recap!

We celebrated our landmarks victories, while strategizing future tenant wins!

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Donovan ScribesNovember 19, 2024
We Rent. We Vote!
We Rent. We Vote!

There are 1.5 million tenants across Oregon. As we roll into election day Nov. 5, we are working to mobilize renters

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Donovan ScribesOctober 10, 2024
STATEMENT: State's 10% Limit on Rent Increases Needed, But Still Unaffordable
STATEMENT: State's 10% Limit on Rent Increases Needed, But Still Unaffordable

The rent stabilization law CAT and partners passed continues to act as important safeguard to out-of-control price hikes. Nonetheless 10% is unaffordable for most and important loopholes in the law remain.

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Donovan ScribesSeptember 24, 2024
Join the Community Alliance of Tenants Board
Join the Community Alliance of Tenants Board

CAT Members will vote on our newest board members at our Annual Membership Meeting October 26th.

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Donovan ScribesSeptember 23, 2024
STATEMENT: Supreme Court allows punishment for homeless sleeping. Defend the right to rest.
STATEMENT: Supreme Court allows punishment for homeless sleeping. Defend the right to rest.

The Supreme Court, in a shameful yet unsurprising ruling, ruled that homeless people are not included in the Constitution’s protections against cruel and unusual punishment.

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Donovan ScribesJune 28, 2024
Air Conditioning Unit Waitlist Open in Portland-Area
Air Conditioning Unit Waitlist Open in Portland-Area

Supplies are limited, and will be distributed and installed throughout the Portland-area.

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Donovan ScribesJune 11, 2024
New PSU Study Spotlights How Informed Tenants Stay Housed
New PSU Study Spotlights How Informed Tenants Stay Housed

Portland State University’s Evicted in Oregon report details flight, fight and freeze responses to eviction and proposes new policies and programs to support renters.

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Donovan ScribesJune 11, 2024
Portland Section 8 Waitlist Opening June 5th-9th: Here's What You Need to Know (English/Español)
Portland Section 8 Waitlist Opening June 5th-9th: Here's What You Need to Know (English/Español)

The waitlist for this program only opens every few years, so please don’t miss this opportunity to apply!

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Donovan ScribesMay 12, 2023
These New Eviction Protections Could Help You Stay Housed Even After Receiving an Eviction Notice
These New Eviction Protections Could Help You Stay Housed Even After Receiving an Eviction Notice

With the passage of House Bill 2001 there are longer eviction timelines, more opportunities to erase evictions from your record and more.

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Donovan ScribesMay 11, 2023
Eviction Representation for All Tax Mythbusting
Eviction Representation for All Tax Mythbusting

Don’t believe the out-of-state landlord and corporate interests fearmongering on right to counsel. It’s time to vote YES on Measure 26-238 on May 16th, 2023 Multnomah County.

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Donovan ScribesMay 9, 2023
Time is Running Out to Vote for Tenant Power in Multnomah County’s Special Election
Time is Running Out to Vote for Tenant Power in Multnomah County’s Special Election

Tuesday, April 25th is the deadline to register to vote and be eligible to vote in May 16th’s special election which includes the Eviction Representation for All policy Measure 26-283

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Donovan ScribesApril 21, 2023
What's Next Now With Lowering The Rent Cap
What's Next Now With Lowering The Rent Cap

Senate Bill 611 passes out of committee with amendments - here’s whats next

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Donovan ScribesApril 3, 2023
A Conversation on Right to Counsel & Lowering Rent Cap to Reduce Evictions
A Conversation on Right to Counsel & Lowering Rent Cap to Reduce Evictions

Community Alliance of Tenants and the Eviction Representation for All (ERA) campaign teamed up for a conversation about how their respective campaigns to lower the rent cap across Oregon and provide everyone in eviction court with legal counsel will keep people housed.

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Donovan ScribesMarch 31, 2023
URGENT:  Tell State Lawmakers STOP playing politics with our rent!
URGENT: Tell State Lawmakers STOP playing politics with our rent!

Join our virtual phone parties this week to help pass rolling back Oregon’s predatory rent hikes!

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Donovan ScribesMarch 29, 2023
Week of Action to Roll Back The Rent!
Week of Action to Roll Back The Rent!

A Week of Action to support the passage of Senate Bill 611 out of the Housing Committee!

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Donovan ScribesMarch 20, 2023
Eviction Representation for All Qualifies for May 2023 Ballot!
Eviction Representation for All Qualifies for May 2023 Ballot!

This ballot measure will give every tenant in eviction court the right to legal counsel and help keep people housed

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Donovan ScribesJanuary 3, 2023
Get Paid to Learn How to Organize for Renter's Rights! - Deadline January 6th
Get Paid to Learn How to Organize for Renter's Rights! - Deadline January 6th

Learn how to organize a building, change policy, and use your voice to make change alongside like-minded tenants in CAT’s Tenant Leadership Cohort. Deadline to apply is January 6, 2023.

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Donovan ScribesDecember 21, 2022
Tenant Assembly to Organize Against New Year  Rent Hike - Register NOW!
Tenant Assembly to Organize Against New Year Rent Hike - Register NOW!

Rents can go up by 14.6% in January 2023. Join tenants and housing advocates across the state to strategize on how to stop the rent hike!

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Donovan ScribesNovember 9, 2022
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We say this land acknowledgment as recognition of TRUTH. We say this land acknowledgment to show respect. Today, there are 9 “federally recognized” tribes in the state of Oregon. But before settlers came to take the land here in Oregon, there were more than 60 tribes in this area. We acknowledge that we are on the occupied homeland of indigenous communities in Oregon. In addition to the immeasurable loss of First Nations land, and the lives of countless indigenous men, women, and children, entire cultures were wiped away. Livelihoods were stolen. Some of these atrocities were government approved. Despite centuries of colonization, genocide, and racism, indigenous people are still here. We must think about what it means to occupy space on indigenous lands.

We recognize the legacy of systemic oppression that enables many of us to be here. We also recognize and honor the strength, resilience and capacity of indigenous people in our region. Land is not just merely the space that our bodies occupy; it is a vault of culture, story, art, history, and tradition. 

 
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