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Soldiers Bound for Afghanistan
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bers of the Oregon Air
National Guard’s 125th
Special Tactics Squad­
ron is deploying to Af­
ghanistan for a 6-month
rotation.
This is the first large
deployment of the unit
since it was formed in
2005. In the past, smaller
groups of the squadron
have dropped into war
zones and worked on
search-and-rescue op­
erations.
Members are trained
as combat drivers, para­
chutists and special op­
erations weathermen.
Members of Oregon Air National guard’s 125th Special tactics Squadron stand in formation during a change o f command and
mobilization ceremony last August a t the Portland Air National Guard Base.
Public Housing
Waiting Lists Open
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those w ho e n co u n ter barriers to
housing, and to assure that people
o f the com m unity are sheltered.
T he w aiting lists, said M archesi,
only becom e open w hen the wait
tim e, w hich can be up to seven years,
drops to a y ear or less. “ It varies, but
this typically happens once, m aybe
tw ice, a y ear,” she said. “T hat is one
reason w e w ant folks to be aw are o f
this because it d o e sn ’t happen very
o fte n .”
She said, how ever, w henever the
econom y is in a challenging state
the need for affordable housing in ­
creases. “ It is an unm et need,” she
said. “ W e d o n ’t have enough hous­
ing that is affordable for everyone in
the co m m u n ity .”
M any challenges often arise for
people w ho are a fixed incom e, in­
cluding m any senior citizens w ho
survive on social security, she said.
“T hat is not enough m oney to a f­
ford a m arket rent price. A lso, if you
have a lim ited incom e, it is very
unlikely you w ill find an apartm ent
that is affordable for you out in the
open m arket.”
M archesi explained affordable
housing is truly m eant to help those
w ho have lim ited incom e, and w ant
to find a hom e that is affordable to
those incom es. A s a general rule,
she said, no one should be paying
m ore than 30 percent o f your incom e
because it m akes it m uch harder to
pay for basic needs, like food or
childcare.
“Som eone paying h a lf o f their
incom e tow ards rent is considered
“rent b u rd en ed ’,” she said. “A nd
they w ould have issues affording
very basic and necessary things o f
life.”
She said this is w hy the opening
o f the w aiting list is such an im por­
tant progression for people to be
able to have access to rent they can
afford. “ If they are a senior or have
a disability, this is a great o p p o rtu ­
nity for them to get on a w aiting list
for housing that is affo rd ab le,” she
said. "M ost live on fixed incom es,
and those are often really very low
fixed incom es.”
H om e Forw ard, which is a public
corporation g o v erned by a nine-
m em ber citizen com m ission, serves
all o f M ultnom ah C ounty, including
the cities o f Portland, G resham ,
Fairview and T routdale and other
E ast C ounty com m unities.
A pplications for the w aiting lists
w ill be available at the individual
apartm ent leasing offices during the
dates o f the opening and can be
dow nloaded from the H om e F o r­
w ard w e b site d u rin g th e sam e
timeframes.
A pplicants for the second w ait­
ing list opening m ust have a head o f
household, spouse, o r co-head o f
household w ho is 62 o r o ld er or w ho
has a physical or m ental disability.
D uring the dates o f the o p en ­
ings, applications can be subm itted
in person at the apartm ent co m m u ­
nity, by fax, o r can be m ailed to the
apartm ent com m unity.
For m ore inform ation, visit H om e
F o rw ard ’s w ebsite h ap d x .o rg .
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