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Many rely on their families and
friends to stay sheltered. The cul-
ture of the black homeless com-
munity takes on a very different
feel and while over represented in
reports, they remain underserved
by social services.
The biggest employers in Port-
land with the potential of pro-
viding the good paying jobs to
afford the higher housing prices
comes from high tech, medical
industries and the Portland Public
School District. At the same time,
the competition for low wage jobs
without benefits has grown.
The rising “gig economy” is fa-
miliar to the person on the street.
Some Portlanders drive Uber or
Lyft on the way to their second
job or on days off from a steady
employment.
According to a recent study
done by Krueger and Katz for the
RAND American Life Panel in
late 2015, “the gig economy” ac-
counted for almost 94 percent of
new employment in recent years
in the United States. While earn-
ing an income from side gigs is
helping Portlanders stay housed
and putting food on the table, the
paychecks aren’t steady, there’s
no promise of a raise or retirement
fund.
Portland’s housing state of
emergency expires this October
and the city council has put in
temporary measures to protect
renters from no-cause evictions
and huge rent increases, but more
aggressive long term strategies to
keep the city livable for the black
community are being sought.
Other cities such as Baltimore
and Chicago have adopted higher
taxes to out of state developers,
like the California investors who
bought the Normandy and Titan
manor complexes in Portland.
Neighborhood by neighborhood
zoning laws to keep gentrification
in check has also been used in
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