OUR LEGISLATIVE PROJECTS

The 2 years long COVID Pandemic has made clear that Oregon renters and homeowners who followed temporary stay-at-home- mandates, resulting in mass job losses, financial ruin, business closures, and a stalled Oregon economy that may last for years, we need a broader and more comprehensive definition of the state of emergency, including its triggers and, long-term protective housing safeguards. 

Temporary fixes that increase the risks of  lmass displacement, eviction and homelessness,  drastically reducing the gains in public safety is No Longer an Option.  

Major changes in policies and our shift in values are needed immediately.  

Expanding the definition of State of Emergency Declaration 

Oregon's Housing State of Emergency Bill

We will be putting forth an amendment to the Oregon  State of Emergency Declaration adding housing to the weather and financial disaster threats to public safety, and identifying 5 major qualifying triggers.

• Economic Disaster ( including speculation, price-fixing, price acceleration, and other destabilizing real estate practices) 
• Public Health & Safety
• Mass Housing threat of  Loss 

           ( to include any city or statewide threat leading to f displacement, eviction, and homelessness)

• Homelessness  reaches X proportions/ local populations)
• Senior Exemptions  ( seniors on a fixed income - once they reac maximum 20% threshold  of Income for Rent triggers an  automatic exemption) 

Preparation: 

1. Research Current State of Emergency Declaration Law 
2. Learn how to sponsor a Bill
3. Get edforcement  signatures 
4. State Representatives to sponsor the bill
5. Hold public forums on the issue weighing benefits and limitations 
6. Outline the major objections to the bill
7. Identify allies and opponents
8. Identify and Understand their objections and priorities 
9. Develop counter strategies and tactics to overcome objections