Senators Merkley and Wyden call for federal intervention on America’s housing crisis.
What’s called “affordable” housing is often anything but….
After listening to Portland area officials and affordable housing advocates, U.S. Senator’s Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, along with Congressman Earl Blumenauer, said that Oregon’s, if not the country’s, housing crisis requires federal help. Local housing advocates complained that federally-sponsored low income tax credits and Section 8 Housing are becoming border-line useless in helping to ease the housing crunch which is inflicting misery upon millions of Americans.
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