Garlington
Center
Opening
Expansion brings
more services,
housing
‘City
of
Roses’
Volume XLVII • Number 38
Cosby
Sentenced
to Prison
81-year-old led
away in handcuffs
See story, page 2
See Metro, page 9
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Wednesday • September 26, 2018
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Sahaan McKelvey of Self Enhancement, Inc., helped develop the framework for a $652 million Metro housing bond that’s before voters in three counties this November.
McKelvey said the measure is designed to help communities of color, homeless families and those most in need in the greater Portland region.
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Housing
the
Ballot
Measures aimed
at growing need
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In a region where rent and housing prices
have increased far faster than wages and a
growing homeless population is one of gov-
ernment’s most pressing problems, a new bal-
by
lot measure coming in the November General
Election proposes an affordable housing bond
that leverages $652.8 million in new tax rev-
enues for additional affordable housing units
across the greater Portland area.
Metro, the regional government agency
that spans three counties, unanimously voted
in June to refer the largest-ever housing bond
measure in the region’s history to voters in the
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