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PORTLAND, Ore. (CN) As Oregon lawmakers mull an extension of the state moratorium on evictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, numbers show that current moratoriums haven’t done much to slow the numbers of Portland families tossed out of their homes.
Ryan Pauley was confused when his landlord tracked him down at a basketball court and handed him a three-day notice to vacate his home in northeast Portland’s Cully neighborhood.
Pauley was laid off in March, when the doggie daycare he worked for downsized because people started staying home and keeping their dogs with them. Four months later, he had exhausted his savings. In July, he couldn’t pay his $1,650 monthly rent. He was counting on state and county moratoriums prohibiting evictions where tenants can’t pay rent because of a pandemic-related income loss.
Top 20 most-viewed Oregon homes for sale: Remodels, mansions, farmhouses, floating homes
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
In past years, the most viewed Oregon homes for sale online were over the top. In 2020, that changed, along with everything else.
This year, as people faced a pandemic health crisis, economic insecurity and a need for more space to be used as a home office, gym and virtual classroom, home shoppers got serious.
They searched for a well-priced home in the right location instead of spending time eyeing fantasy dwellings – although the fabled Blackberry Castle, famous for being for sale since 2015, is finally in escrow.
Popular online searches ranged from a midcentury modern in Portland’s Bridlemile neighborhood, which is listed at $2,195,000, to a 1950 Mount Hood cabin in Government Camp, which sold Dec. 3 for $245,000.