THEM,
THEM, IT
THEM, IT MAKES THESE ALLIGNS A LOT MORE DANGEROUS AND HARDER
TO COMBAT WITH THE TRUTH >>.
NOW LET'S CONTINUE TO TALK
ABOUT SOLUTIONS.
ABOUT SOLUTIONS. LAST WEEK WE >> DISCUSSED
NEW HOMELESSNESS TAX GOING INTO
EFFECT SOON AND DETAILED HOW
METRO PLANS TO SPEND THE TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY MILLION
DOLLARS A YEAR THEY'RE GOING TO
GET FROM IT NOW IT'S
COMPLICATED HOW THEY PLAN TO
SPEND THIS MONEY BUT IT BOILS
DOWN TO THIS THEY HOPE THAT
THAT MONEY WILL GET FIVE
THOUSAND PEOPLE INTO HOUSING
AND HELP ANOTHER TEN THOUSAND
FROM BECOMING HOMELESS IN THE
FIRST PLACE.
FIRST PLACE. LORI WROTE ME AND ASKED I SPENT
A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME TALKING
ABOUT HOMELESSNESS ISSUES WITH
MY FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS, ET
CETERA.
CETERA.
CETERA. I
CETERA. I HEAR ALL KINDS OF THINGS BUT
I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS ACTUALLY
TRUE >>.
TRUE >>.
TRUE >>. FOR INSTANCE, IS IT TRUE THAT
PORTLAND, CALIFORNIA
PORTLAND, CALIFORNIA AND SEATTLE ARE HOMELESS
MAGNETS BECAUSE OF LAX LAWS OR
IS A DATA ON HOMELESSNESS
SIMILAR IN OTHER CITIES
AND REGIONS?
AND REGIONS? WHAT IS THE REAL REASON FOR THE
RISE?
RISE?
RISE? THERE ARE LOTS A LOT A LOT LOT
OF DIFFERENT REASONS >>, SOME
BIGGER THAN OTHERS.
OUR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ARE A
FACTOR BUT WE ARE NOT THE ONLY
MAJOR CITY WITH PROGRESSIVE
POLICIES TO BATTLE
HOMELESSNESS.
HOMELESSNESS. WE HAVE A MAP FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT. IT SHOWS DATA FROM 20 >> 19.
WE HAVE FOUR >> POINT TWO
MILLION PEOPLE IN THIS STATE AS
YOU PROBABLY AND IN TWENTY
NINETEEN WE HAD FIFTEEN
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND SEVENTY SIX PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. NOW LET'S >> COMPARE THAT TO
TEXAS, A FAMOUSLY RED STATE
THEY HAVE A POPULATION
OF TWENTY NINE MILLION IT'S
SEVEN TIMES BIGGER THAN OREGON
BUT THEY ONLY HAD TEN THOUSAND
MORE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS AT TWENTY FIVE
THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND FORTY.
AND FORTY. SO IS IT IS IT POLITICS RED IN
BLUE?
BLUE?
BLUE? I'M
BLUE? I'M >> NOT SAYING POLITICS
DON'T MATTER BUT I DO WANT YOU
TO CONSIDER THIS EVEN IN THOSE
RED STATES LIKE TEXAS MOST
OF THE MAJOR CITIES VOTE BLUE.
THREE OF THE FOUR LARGEST
CITIES IN TEXAS, HOUSTON,
DALLAS AND AUSTIN WITH COMBINED
POPULATION OF MORE THAN OUR
ENTIRE STATE HAVE DEMOCRATIC
MAYORS AND SAN ANTONIO'S MAYORS
AND AN INDEPENDENT.
ALL OF THOSE CITIES HAVE
EXTENSIVE PROGRAMS FOR PEOPLE
EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS BUT
WE HAVE A MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM
WITH IT HERE.
WHY I
THE
THE REGIONAL HOUSING DIRECTOR FOR METRO THE
PERSON IN CHARGE OF SPENDING
ALL THIS BRAND NEW TAX MONEY >>
WONDERING WHY YOU THINK THIS
AREA IS HIT SO HEAVILY WITH
HOMELESSNESS FOR >> FIRST
OF ALL THE HOUSING CRISIS IS A
NATIONAL CRISIS.
NATIONAL CRISIS. IT IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE
NORTHWEST OR THE WEST COAST.
IT IS BEING EXPERIENCED ACROSS
THE NATION AND I THINK ONE
OF THE BIGGEST DETERMINING
FACTORS IS THE RATE AT WHICH
RENTS HAVE INCREASED VERSUS THE
INCOMES OF FLAT AND WHAT WE SAW
IN THE NORTHWEST AND IN OUR
COMMUNITY HERE IN THE PORT IN
THE GREATER PORTLAND REGION IS
A DRAMATIC INCREASE OF RENTS
OVER A VERY SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME AND AND INCOMES HAVE
REMAINED RELATIVE FLAT.
NOW >> THAT IS WHY YOU'VE BEEN
HEARING SO MUCH ABOUT RENT ON
THIS SHOW.
THIS SHOW. ALL RIGHT .
IN TWENTY NINETEEN OREGON
LAWMAKERS PASSED A BILL THAT
CAPS RENT INCREASES AND BANS NO
CAUSE EVICTIONS.
CAUSE EVICTIONS. IT WAS THE FIRST EVER STATEWIDE
RENT CONTROL BILL AND RIGHT NOW
LAWMAKERS ARE CONSIDERING MORE
LEGISLATION LIKE EXTENDING A
MORATORIUM ON EVICTIONS LIKE
GIVING RENTERS MORE TIME TO PAY
DOWN UNPAID RENT AND RENTAL
ASSISTANCE FOR KIDS AGING OUT
OF FOSTER CARE AND THAT'S JUST
TO NAME A FEW.
THERE'S A LOT GOING ON
RIGHT NOW IN SALEM AND WE'RE
GOING TO CONTINUE >> TO LOOK
THE SOLUTIONS TO OUR
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS.
HOMELESSNESS CRISIS. SO IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS OR
ANGLES >> THAT YOU THINK WE
SHOULD BE CONSIDERING >>,
PLEASE LET ME KNOW AND USE THAT
HASHTAG.
HASHTAG.
HASHTAG. HEY DAN, HERE'S A SPECIFIC
EXAMPLE OF THAT.
THIS IS ONE WE'RE GETTING FROM
MATTHEW.
MATTHEW.
MATTHEW. HE SAID HEY DAN, WHERE DOES THE
PROPOSITION FOR THE OLD WAPATO
JAIL SITE AS A PLACE FOR
HOMELESS PEOPLE TO FIND SHELTER
STAND?
STAND?
STAND? WELL, IT'S ACTUALLY BEEN UP
AND RUNNING AS A HOMELESS
SHELTER CALLED BY BLAKE'S HOPE
CENTER FOR ALMOST SIX MONTHS
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. AND
NOW. AND I DON'T BLAME YOU IF YOU
MISSED THIS THIS NEWS DURING
THE CRAZINESS THAT WAS 20 20
BUT