It’s Time to Cancel Rent

‘There isn't a housing supply for folks who need affordable housing. Those are the households that are doubled up right now,’ Kim McCarty, the executive director of the Community Alliance of Tenants, said.

“A new report from Portland State University’s Homelessness Research & Action Collaborative (HRAC) estimates that evictions could cost Oregon as much as $3.3 billion after the statewide eviction ban expires in June.

The center worked with community partners to gather data from emergency shelters, inpatient and emergency medical services, child welfare, and juvenile justice services to estimate the downstream costs of evictions using the Cost of Eviction Calculator developed by the University of Arizona College of Law.

Starting with Cyber Monday, we are instituting our first Cyber Week of Action! The current eviction moratorium expires on December 31st. Legislators need to convene a special session soon and take real action for renters. Extending deadlines is just kicking the can down the road – in the end, we will have piled up rent debt and landlords ready to evict. Learn more about what you can do this week to take action!

A new study by the Community Alliance of Tenants (CAT) and Portland State University shows that more than one in three Oregon renters surveyed during the pandemic owe back rent that they are unable to pay. The findings reveal an escalating problem that risks a wave of evictions when the current moratorium expires at the end of September.