Oregon Consumer Justice donates $1.7 million to 26 Oregon nonprofits
SALEM, Ore. (KTVZ) Oregon Consumer Justice, an Oregon nonprofit with a mission of advancing consumer protection, has donated more than $1.7 million in emergency response grants, supporting 26 Oregon nonprofit organizations that in turn assist communities across the state in both rural and urban areas.
In determining the grant recipients, Oregon Consumer Justice implemented a trust-based philanthropy model, which uses trust as a starting point to break down the traditional power dynamic between funder and grantee and build relationships based on transparency, dialogue and mutual learning. Trust-based grants place the responsibility of due diligence on the grantmaker rather than the grant seeker and simplify and streamline paperwork to remove unnecessary burdens and barriers for grantees.
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From Tampa Bay, Florida, to Portland, Oregon, from Los Angeles to Boston, people took to the streets Jan.30-Feb 1. They organized car caravans, speakouts and dropped banners demanding that the government immediately cancel the rents and mortgages, house the homeless and stop evictions.
Actions took place in 30 cities as national and local eviction moratoriums have only paused millions of evictions, and a third of the population can’t pay their bills and are unable to catch up with the rent. An eviction crisis looms that will hit oppressed communities, already especially affected by the pandemic, the hardest. Meanwhile, big landlords are abusing loopholes and filing eviction lawsuits against families regardless of the moratoriums.
In Unprecedented Times, Nothing Less Than Universal Rent Relief Will Do
An intimate look at what it’s like fighting for meaningful state-level rent relief when the powers that be don’t believe everyone is worth saving. February 3, 2021, 10am PST | LM Ortiz Share
Journal entry Dec. 9, 2020
I am yelling on a Zoom call again, this one a virtual meeting of policymakers, community leaders, and technocrats talking about Oregon state policy. As a faculty member at Portland State University, I am often invited to lend expertise to discussions about housing and urban policy, especially racial equity, which usually means sharing research and data. In the ninth month of combination pandemic–economic crisis–racial justice uprising advisory committees, my vocal pitch has become unpleasantly sharp. Today there is a protracted argument among Oregon state leaders about whether to return the legislature for emergency lawmaking before the January session. The Oregon eviction moratori
Oregon Judicial Department posts forms needed to delay paying rent
The paperwork necessary to be included in the state s eviction moratorium through June 30 is now available.
The Oregon Judicial Department posted the new Notice of Eviction Protection and Declaration of Financial Hardship forms to its website.
In a special session Dec. 21, the Oregon Legislature extended the state’s eviction moratorium to June 30, giving renters who can t pay their bills more time.
Under new legislation, tenants can use the declaration form to avoid evictions for not paying rent before June 30, 2021. Landlords also must provide certain forms before proceeding with certain evictions. Versions of the forms are available in Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese. There is a notice and a link to the new forms at the top of the OJD home page, courts.oregon.gov.
Oregon Law Center answers your questions about rent relief in Oregon
Sybil Hebb spoke with Maggie Vespa and answered some of your questions about rent relief during the pandemic in Oregon. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 8:23 PM PST December 23, 2020
Within hours of Oregon lawmakers passing a historic relief package aimed at dispensing $800 million in general fund money to people impacted by COVID-19 and the summer’s wildfires, the staff at the Oregon Law Center began working on a legal guide to help Oregonians get that money into their bank accounts as soon as possible.
“That information should be up later today or tomorrow on the oregonlawhelp.org website,” said Sybil Hebb, director of legislative advocacy for the agency. “We will be sharing those materials with all of our community partners and encouraging folks to share them freely.”