Metro OKs county homeless plan; Portland begins collecting tax April 29 2021
The Metro Council voted 6-1 to accept Multnomah County s implementation plan for the Supportive Housing Services tax.
Multnomah County has cleared a key hurdle between itself and at least a billion dollars in new tax revenue over the next decade.
The Metro Council approved the county s Supportive Housing Services local implementation plan by a vote of 6-1 during a virtual meeting Thursday, April 29, with Councilor Mary Nolan casting the lone no vote. The question my vote answers today is, Will this plan, if implemented as presented, achieve and deliver the results within the 10 years that the voters have generously given us to end homelessness in our region? said Nolan, who represents downtown and North Portland. I come to the conclusion that it will not.
Posted: Apr 22, 2021 4:44 PM CT | Last Updated: April 22
The N.W.T. YWCA convinced the N.W.T. Supreme Court to overturn a decision a rental officer had made concluding that the Residential Tenancies Act applies to the YWCA s transitional housing program. The judge concluded the program falls squarely within the exemptions provided for in the Act.(Richard Gleeson/CBC)
Transitional housing programs run by the Northwest Territories YWCA are not subject to the law that sets out the rules for all landlords and tenants.
In coming to that conclusion, a Northwest Territories Supreme Court justice overturned a decision by a rental officer who came to the opposite conclusion.
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