Why Businesses Employ the Homeless
Recruiting the homeless isn’t just good hearted; it’s good business.
Recruiting the homeless isn’t just good hearted; it’s good business.
Why affordable housing can’t solve Oregon’s homelessness epidemic on its own, and how one organization is laying the groundwork for business to carry the torch.
A short item I posted two days ago about 16 thousand vacant apartments in the Portland metro area has attracted an outsize amount of attention.
(Update appended): According to the American Community Survey there are appoximately 352,000 rental units in the Portland metro area. The census Housing Vacancy survey estimates a 4.8% vacancy rate for the metro area during the second quarter of 2018. Combining these figures would imply roughly 16,000-17,000 vacant units, said Chris Salviati, housing economist for the rental site ApartmentList, in … Read more
Two years after the Portland Housing Bureau purchased the Joyce Hotel, a low cost housing option for homeless and low-income residents, the city is moving forward with plans to redevelop the property.
When Business for a Better Portland launched last year, our founders rallied around a simple idea: When our community thrives, business thrives.
Oregon City council members discuss tiny homes for veterans and strategic tourism plan.
Business owners say failure to address homelessness is crushing downtown.
Portland business owners get up close and personal with one of the city’s most urgent and visible problems.