ALL
ALL THE
ALL THE WAYS TO COMMUNICATE WITH US AT THE BOTTOM OF THE
SCREEN.
SCREEN.
SCREEN. KEEP THOSE COMMENTS AND WE DO
WANT TO JUMP RIGHT INTO THINGS
AND TALK ABOUT WHAT YOU KIND
OF JUST HEARD THE REALITY
LOOMING OVER A LOT OF ORGAN
RUNNERS WHO ARE HAVING A HARD
TIME MAKING ENDS MEET RIGHT NOW
FOR MOST 20 20 LOCAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENTS HAVE PUT
MORATORIUMS ON EVICTIONS AND
THAT'S REALLY SAVED A LOT
OF PEOPLE FROM ESSENTIALLY NOT
HAVING A PLACE TO LIVE.
AND EXPERTS HAVE WARNED THOUGH
IF IT EXPIRES BEFORE PEOPLE GET
BACK TO WORK AND START MAKING
SOME MONEY AGAIN.
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OREGONIANS
COULD LOSE THEIR HOMES.
HERE'S WHAT ONE ADVOCATE TOLD
OUR MAGGIE VESPER THIS WEEK
ABOUT THE STATISTICS THEY'RE
SEEING RIGHT HERE IN OREGON.
AND THE STOUT RESEARCH IS THE
ONE THAT WE TEND TO LOOK TO THE
MOST.
MOST.
MOST. >>
MOST. >> THEY HAVE BEEN DOING UPDATES
OF THEIR DATA EVERY TWO WEEKS
AND THEY SAY BETWEEN I BELIEVE
IT'S 25000 TO 57000 FOLKS.
HOUSEHOLDS MAY BE AT RISK
OF EVICTION ON JANUARY 1ST.
>> FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND
HOUSEHOLDS.
HOUSEHOLDS. FIFTY SEVEN THOUSAND TWENTY
FIVE THOUSAND ON THE LOW END
LIKE THAT'S THE THAT'S THE GOOD
LOOKING SCENARIO AND THERE
UNFATHOMABLE NUMBERS TO PUT
INTO PERSPECTIVE THE FEDERAL
THE LAST FEDERAL COUNT FROM
JANUARY OF TWENTY NINETEEN
SHOWED NEARLY 16000 PEOPLE WERE
HOMELESS IN OREGON AND WE KNOW
THAT SITUATION IS DONE TO THIS
STATE.
STATE.
STATE. SO
STATE. SO THIS NEW ESTIMATE ESTIMATE
IN THE WORST CASE SCENARIO
COULD MORE THAN QUADRUPLE THAT
IF IT EXPIRES.
AND THAT'S THAT'S AMAZING TO
EVEN THINK ABOUT.
BUT AGAIN, THAT IS A BIG THAT'S
A BIG IF.
A BIG IF.
A BIG IF. AND RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THE THINGS THAT ARE BEING
DONE TO TRY AND STOP THAT FROM
HAPPENING AT LEAST IN THE SHORT
TERM.
TERM.
TERM. FIRST THIS MORNING, MULTNOMAH
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, THEY
THREW OUT A MAJOR LIFELINE FOR
PORTLAND RENTERS.
PORTLAND RENTERS. THEY EXTENDED THE COUNTY'S
EVICTION MORATORIUM.
EVICTION MORATORIUM. SO MULTNOMAH COUNTY RENTERS NOW
HAVE UNTIL JANUARY 20 22 TO PAY
BACK ALL OF THE RENT THAT THEY
THAT'S A FULL YEAR.
BUT AGAIN, THAT'S ONLY SPECIFIC
TIMONIUM COUNTY.
TIMONIUM COUNTY. SO YOU MIGHT BE WONDERING
YOURSELF RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, WHAT IF I LIVE ANYWHERE
ELSE IN THE ENTIRE STATE
OF OREGON?
OF OREGON? WELL, THAT BRINGS US TO A BIG
STORY BECAUSE IF YOU LIVE
ANYWHERE OUTSIDE OF MULTNOMAH
COUNTY, WELL, THAT EXTENSION
SIMPLY DOES NOT APPLY TO YOU.
>> AND OREGON'S EVICTION
MORATORIUM WILL EXPIRE ON
JANUARY 1ST.
JANUARY 1ST. THAT'S THE PLAN IN WHICH CASE
YOU NOW HAVE TO HOPES ONE NEXT
WEEK'S SPECIAL SESSION IN
SALEM.
SALEM.
SALEM. LAWMAKERS COULD EXTEND THE
STATEWIDE EVICTION MORATORIUM
BY SIX MONTHS.
THAT'S THE TALK RIGHT NOW WHICH
WOULD TAKE US TO THE MIDDLE
OF TWENTY TWENTY ONE.
THEY'RE ALSO CONSIDERING PAYING
LANDLORDS WHO ARE ALSO HURTING
BADLY DURING THIS AS MUCH AS 80
PERCENT OF WHAT THEY ARE OWED
IN UNPAID RENT.
IN FACT, LEADERS ARE HEARING
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS VERY
PLAN AS WE SPEAK DOING THIS
SHOW LIVE RIGHT NOW HAPPENING
THIS VERY SECOND IN SALEM.
NUMBER TWO, CONGRESS OK COULD
PASS A SECOND FEDERAL RELIEF
PACKAGE AND THE WORD IS THEY'RE
ACTUALLY PRETTY CLOSE TO DOING
THIS AND THIS BILL COULD
INCLUDE ANOTHER ROUND OF MODEST
STIMULUS CHECKS ALONG WITH
RELIEF FUNDING FOR PEOPLE WHO
NEED TO MAKE ENDS MEET RIGHT
NOW AND WELL, HOPE IS A GREAT
THING.
THING.
THING. WE
THING. WE ALL NEED HOPE.
NEITHER OF THESE RELIEF
PACKAGES ARE A GUARANTEE.
NOT YET ANYWAY.
THE SPECIAL SESSION COULD VERY
WELL FLOP.
WELL FLOP. WE'VE SEEN THAT HAPPEN WITH
OREGON LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST.
THE PAST. AND WE DON'T NEED TO REMIND YOU
THAT CONGRESS IS OFTEN
HOPELESSLY GRIDLOCKED.
HOPELESSLY GRIDLOCKED. SO ALL THAT IN MIND WE THOUGHT
WAS IMPORTANT TO PUT FACES TO
THE NEEDS.
THE NEEDS. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AND MEET
SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO NEED OUR
LEADERS TO COME THROUGH.
MAGGIE VESPER MET SOME OF THEM
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE.
ANYWHERE. WE'RE A FEW WEEKS AWAY FROM YOU
KNOW, I REALLY WANTED THE WORST
REALITY OUR LIFETIME.
>> ONE OF THE WORST REALITIES
OF OUR LIFETIME IN AN ALREADY
GUTTING YEAR THEY WERE IN
RESTAURANTS IS STOP FAMILIES
WITH KIDS WITH OUTCUE WHO AND
NO MONEY FOR THE RAIN.
>> TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OREGON
RENTERS WORRY 2020 IS FINAL
BLOW.
BLOW.
BLOW. >>
BLOW. >> WE'LL BE HOMELESSNESS.
>> THAT BREAKS YOU DOWN LIKE
YOU CRY.
YOU CRY.
YOU CRY. YOU'RE LIKE YOU THINK ABOUT IT
AND YOU LOOK AT, YOU KNOW,
LITTLE FACES AND THEY DON'T
UNDERSTAND YOU'RE DOING
EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
THIS WEEK THREE RUNNERS TOLD
KGW THEIR STORIES.
I MEAN TAILERS CRIED ABOUT IT
NUMEROUS TIMES.
NUMEROUS TIMES. RYAN BOUSER, HIS GIRLFRIEND
TAYLOR AND HER DAUGHTER ARE ALL
ON THE BRINK OF BEING EVICTED
FROM THEIR CORVALLIS APARTMENT.
>> RYAN AND TAYLOR BOTH CLEAN
CLASSROOMS AT OREGON STATE
UNIVERSITY BUT OFTEN ON
THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC CHILD
CARE NEEDS HAVE FORCED AT LEAST
ONE OF THEM TO STAY HOME.
AND FORFEIT A PAYCHECK.
>> WE PAY ABOUT 11 60 THIGNS A
MONTH.
MONTH.
MONTH. I
MONTH. I THINK THERE IS A LITTLE BIT
BASED ON UTILITIES BUT RIGHT
NOW WE'RE THREE MONTHS RENT
BACK THREE MONTHS BACK AND HE
JUST LEARNED HIS GIRLFRIEND IS
PREGNANT.
PREGNANT.
PREGNANT. >> WE'RE KIND OF STILL
PROCESSING THAT WHILE STILL
TRYING TO I GUESS PROCESS THE
POSSIBILITY OF BEING HOMELESS.
>> WEEKS BOUSER IS GOING PUBLIC
WITH HIS FEARS BECAUSE HE
THINKS UNEMPLOYMENT STATS DON'T
TELL THE WHOLE STORY THERE.
>> THERE'S AN UNDERREPRESENTED
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE I THINK HE
KIND OF SLIPPED IN THE CRACKS
SLIP THROUGH THE CRACKS IN THE
PANDEMIC SO FAR BECAUSE YOU
HAVE THE UNEMPLOYED WHO ARE
MOSTLY COVERED BY THE
UNEMPLOYMENT BOLSTER OF SIX
HUNDRED DOLLARS A WEEK WHICH
WAS GREAT FOR PEOPLE AND I'M
REALLY HAPPY HAPPENED FOR HIM.
BUT THEN YOU HAD FOLKS LIKE ME.
AND NUDGE OBVIOUSLY JUST ME WHO
DIDN'T LOSE ALL OF THEIR INCOME
BUT THEY LOST ENOUGH LIVE TO
WHERE MAKING IT WAS WAS
IMPOSSIBLE.
IMPOSSIBLE. >> THIS COMMUNITY ETHAR.
THE BOAT TO THE.
>> VERY LOW INCOME VERY LOW
INCOME WORKING AS A SEAMSTRESS
MELESIA MORTORS IS THE MAIN
BREADWINNER FOR HER FAMILY
OF SIX.
OF SIX.
OF SIX. >> THEY LIVE IN A TRAILER IN
NORTHEAST PORTLANDS GHALY
NEIGHBORHOOD.
NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR NOW SHE HAS THE MOST
PROTECTION OF THE THREE RUNNERS
WE TALKED TO BY VIRTUE OF WHERE
SHE LIVES THURSDAY MORNING
WOLTMAN THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO EXTEND
THEIR EVICTION MORATORIUM
GIVING RUNNERS UNTIL JANUARY 20
22 TO CATCH UP ON BACK RENT.
>> TOREZ HAS BEEN ABLE TO GET
SOME HELP COVERING RENT THROUGH
COVERED RELIEF FUNDING
DISPENSED BY THE COUNTY.
BUT ALL THIS AID IS SHAKY AND
SHE ARGUES OREGON'S POLITICIANS
DON'T REALIZE PEOPLE OF COLOR
DISPROPORTIONATELY LIVE ON THE
BRINK OF HOMELESSNESS.
>> THEY NEED HELP US TO NEED TO
SEE THAT MY MY MY POOR MOTHER
TOLD ME THAT MY WAY OF LIFE
MIGHT FIT MY WAY OF LIFE.
>> IN ALL, ADVOCATES ESTIMATE
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 25000 TO
NEARLY 57000 OREGON HOUSEHOLDS
ARE AT RISK FOR EVICTION.
>> COME JANUARY 1ST THAT IS
UNLESS STATE LAWMAKERS EXTEND
OREGON'S MORATORIUM ON
EVICTIONS.
EVICTIONS. IT'S ON THE TABLE OF BILLS TO
CONSIDER DURING THE SPECIAL
SESSION IN SALEM NEXT WEEK.
>> I FEEL LIKE THEY THERE
HOPEFULLY NOT GOING TO JUST
GIVE US ALL THE BOOT.
BETHANY ANDERSON OF POLK
COUNTY, OREGON IS AFRAID TO
BANK ON IT.
>> BUT I DON'T TAKE FOR GRANTED
THE FACT THAT JANUARY ONE THEY
CAN PUT AN EVICTION NOTICE ON
MY DOOR IF I DON'T HAVE THAT
RENT.
RENT.
RENT. THAT'S PAST DUE.
PAIGE ANDERSON IS A NEW MOM TO
10 MONTH OLD CANE.
>> SHE LOST A JOB IN THE
BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC AND
HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET WORK
SINCE.
SINCE.
SINCE. HER HUSBAND WORKS IN TECH AND
THE FAMILY LOVES THEIR TWO
BEDROOM APARTMENT.
BEDROOM APARTMENT. >> IT IS REALLY NICE.
A THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH AND
THEN WE'RE CURRENTLY ONLY
BEHIND FOUR THOUSAND.
LIKE ALL THREE WE TALKED TO
ANDERSON KNOWS SHE'S ONE
OF MANY BEHIND ON REDDIT.
>> SHE ACTUALLY CONSIDERS HER
FAMILY LUCKY.
FAMILY LUCKY. >> THERE'S PEOPLE WHO ARE
BEHIND SO MUCH IN RENT THAT IT
DOES MAKE YOU LOOK AT IT AND
THAT'S NOT EVEN A MOUNTAIN.
THAT'S LIKE 20 MOUNTAINS.
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CLIMB
THAT?
THAT?
THAT? SO
THAT? SO SHE LIKE BOWZER AND TOREZ IS
HOPING POLITICIANS WILL MAKE
THE CLIMB EASIER.
>> ANDERSON, WE'LL BE WATCHING
THE SPECIAL SESSION EAGERLY IF
IT FAILS AND SHE'S EVICTED.
SHE'S DECIDED THE FAMILY WILL
JUST PHYSICALLY REFUSE TO LEAVE
.
.
. >>
. >> I'M
. >> I'M NOT GOING TO GO IN THE
MIDDLE OF WINTER AND SLEEP IN
MY CAR WITH A BABY AND I FIGURE
THE IF THERE'S THIS MANY PEOPLE
THAT ARE STRUGGLING AND THERE'S
THIS MANY PEOPLE THAT FACE THIS
,I DON'T FEEL LIKE THEY'RE
GOING TO SEND THAT MANY
SHERIFFS OUT TO ONE BY ONE PUT
EVERYBODY OUT OF THEIR DOOR.
I MEAN THERE'S GONNA BE HUMAN
COMPASSION SOMEWHERE BECAUSE
RIGHT NOW I DON'T KNOW.
>> IT JUST IT'S SOMETHING.
AND NOT A LOT OF US HAVE MONEY
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE.
ANYMORE. >> OK, MAGGIE VSP JOINING US
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. >>
NOW. >> NOW MAGGIE, BEFORE WE GET
INTO THE POLITICS, THE POLICIES
AND ALL OF THAT STUFF, LET'S
TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE
RENTERS WHO SHARED THEIR
STORIES WITH US BECAUSE THEY
WERE PRETTY PERSONAL.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT
HOW YOU GOT CONNECTED WITH
THEM?
THEM?
THEM? YEAH, DEFINITELY.
YEAH, DEFINITELY. >> WE ALWAYS KIND OF PULL BACK
THE CURTAIN ON THAT SO
ESSENTIALLY IN EVERY WAY
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. I MEAN WE POSTED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA IN GROUPS FOR
UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND
SUPPORTED THAT WAY IN GROUPS
FOR EVICTION PROTECTION.
AND THEN WE WENT THROUGH
NONPROFITS THAT WORK WITH
PEOPLE AND HELPED GET HOUSING
RELIEF FUNDING TO THEM.
WE WENT THROUGH COUNTY HOUSING
DEPARTMENTS BUT REALLY IT'S
WORTH SEEING EACH OF OUR
RENTERS CAME FORWARD AND
VOLUNTEERED TO TALK AND A LOT
OF THEM HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT
DOING SO BECAUSE THE SPECIAL
SESSION IS APPROACHING AND THEY
WANT TO GET THEIR STORIES HEARD
AND WE SHOULD ALSO POINT THEY
KNOW THIS IS NOT JUST AN ORGAN
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM.
PROBLEM. THIS IS A NATIONAL PROBLEM.
AND ONCE ESTIMATES BETWEEN TWO
POINT FOUR MILLION AND FIVE
MILLION AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS
COULD BE FACING EVICTION.
>> NEXT MONTH AS MORATORIUMS
LIKE THIS RUN OUT ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY.
COUNTRY. >> SO THIS IS HUGE.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. SO SO VERY TIMELY SPECIAL
SESSION TO DISCUSS THIS.
WELL, YOU KNOW, WE WE SPENT A
LOT OF TIME TALKING ABOUT
RENTERS BUT THIS IS ALSO GOING
TO DEAL WITH LANDLORDS AND YOU
KNOW, THEY'RE OWED A LOT
OF MONEY RIGHT NOW MONEY THEY
USED TO PAY THE MORTGAGE OR PAY
TAXES OR UPKEEP ON THE HOME,
THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT'S THE CONVERSATION GOING
TO BE LIKE WHEN IT COMES TO
LANDLORDS?
LANDLORDS? IT'S A HUGE CONVERSATION AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. >>
WELL. >> I MEAN, AS YOU POINTED IN
THE SPECIAL SESSION WE TALKED
ABOUT YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT
EVICTION MORATORIUM BILL AND A
BIG PART OF THAT IS THAT SOME
STATE LAWMAKERS WANT TO PUT
FORWARD A BILL THAT BASICALLY
WOULD SET UP A FUND WHERE THE
STATE CAN PAY UP TO 80 PERCENT
OF WHAT LANDLORDS IN OREGON ARE
OWED RIGHT NOW AS LONG AS THOSE
LANDLORDS THEN FORGIVE THE
DEBTS OF THEIR TENANTS.
>> THERE HAS BEEN SOME PUSHBACK
BECAUSE SOME STATE LAWMAKERS
SAY THE FUND THAT THE STATE
WOULD PULL THAT FROM.
BUT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ENOUGH
MONEY TO COVER ALL LANDLORDS
AND THEN OTHERS HAVE SAID IT
SEEMS LIKE A REALLY NICE IDEA
IN THEORY BUT THEY DON'T THINK
THE BILL IS KIND OF THOUGHT
THROUGH WELL ENOUGH.
>> THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, THE
DEADLINE IS HERE AND THIS
MORTAORIUM WITH THE YEAR AND
THE SPECIAL SESSION IS
HAPPENING MONDAY ON A LOT
OF TIME TO KIND OF WORK THIS
OUT.
OUT.
OUT. WE
OUT. WE DO THOUGH WANT TO DOVE MORE
INTO THAT.
INTO THAT. SO WE'RE GOING TO DO KIND OF A
PART TWO ON THIS STORY HERE ON
THE STORY TOMORROW NIGHT.
AND WE LOOK AT THE PLIGHT
OF LANDLORDS HERE IN OREGON AND
THOSE BILLS AND THOSE EFFORTS
TO GIVE THEM SOME HELP AS WELL.
THAT'S TOMORROW NIGHT.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ANXIOUS TO
SEE THAT ESPECIALLY BECAUSE
LAWMAKERS ARE