April 2023 Board Packet

CAT Board Agenda

COMMUNITY ALLIANCE OF TENANTS (CAT)

Thursday, April 20, 2023

6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

6:00 Welcome

Board role: Agenda approval and ground rules review

*6:05 Approval of March 27, 2023 minutes.

6:10 Board introductions. check-ins and staff introductions

Check-in Question: Favorite kind of juice.

*6:15 Add signing authority for Dung Ho and Ianda Allen and remove Elaine Zevenbergen

because she has retired effective March 6, 2023.

• Approve signing authority for contracts and access to banking.

6:20 Finance Report

• Admin- Hiring of the Finance Director and consultant, Finance reports, fundraising, PHB

monitoring letter.

Board Role: Listen, discussion

6:45 Tenant Education and Organizing

• Education- Report on PHB, Multnomah County and OHCS monitoring

• Organizing and Advocacy- SB 611 and HB 2001

Board Role: Listen, discussion

*6:50 Policy Committee endorsement proposals.

Board Role: Listen, discuss, and vote to endorse or not endorse policy proposals or strategies.

New:

HB 3503 - Local rent control bill being considered: removes the preemption for local

jurisdictions to set their own rent control measures.

HB 2548 - OPPOSE. Would remove Metro's statutory authority to impose income tax for

housing services

SB 1089 - universal healthcare bill

HB 2008 Revises our out-of-date garnishment protections Updates our unlawful debt

collection practices act

SB 918 Establishes the Oregon Housing Justice Program: SB 918 creates a funding

mechanism to provide equal

opportunity in contracting with Oregon Housing and Community Services that was

previously statutorily

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