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The measure proposed that landlords would be able to increase rents as much as they desired after a voluntary vacancy.

Question A would eliminate the 5% cap on rent increases currently allowed when an apartment turns over.

Backers of Question A, which would remove the 5% cap on rent increases when apartments turn over, have raised and spent far more than opponents headed into the June 13 election.

I am going to vote “no” on Question A. The campaign being waged by the landlord-backed Rental Housing Alliance is deceitful. This organization claims it wants to fix the rent control ordinance. What it really wants is to chip away at it, so as to render it ineffective. Now a landlord-backed group, the Committee to […]

Backers of Question A have raised and spent far more than opponents headed into the June 13 election.

The creator of the signs said they're a satirical approach to opposing Question A, but some landlords and residents say they're misleading.

In deep blue Portland, a landlord-led campaign to weaken the city’s rent control law has run up a $125,000 debt to a marketing group that has aided Republican candidates who subsequently championed Donald Trump’s ‘Big Lie’ and helped GOP officials who have engaged in what critics characterize as voter suppression. On June 13, Portland voters

The Committee to Improve Rent Control has raised about 8 times as much cash as its opponents as the June 13 referendum approaches.

The Committee to Improve Rent Control has raised about 8 times as much cash as its opponents as the June 13 referendum approaches.

In November, Portland voters approved a ballot measure that limits rent increases to a maximum of 5% after a tenant voluntarily leaves a unit and a new resident comes in. Proponents say that initiative, along with a referendum passed in 2020 to cap rent increases at the rate of inflation and create a board to