Low-income and other vulnerable renters who live in a perpetual state of housing insecurity have no real recourse when their landlords exploit their vulnerabilities through implicit and explicit intimidation and harassment. Landlords know when a tenant has limited options, and they take advantage of …
Municipal Bank
This ordinance establishes a city-owned Municipal Public Bank that keeps our money in Portland, investing in the things we need, and creates new non-tax revenues for our public treasury in the process. Our municipal bank's mission is to serve the interest of the people of Portland to create healthy, …
Community Broadband
Seeks to create a publicly-owned and -operated fiber optic broadband internet utility-built to serve our community. Community Broadband will protect Net Neutrality, provide gigabit speeds at lower cost than current large monopolistic internet service providers, and will create a modern …