Portland Campaign to Require Free Legal Representation for Tenants Facing Eviction Eyes November Ballot
In March 2021, Greg’s landlord casually informed him that he needed to move into the duplex apartment currently occupied by Greg and his girlfriend—and that the couple had to leave immediately. For Greg, who asked the Mercury to not print his real name out of fear of retribution, this news was both unexpected and startling. “I thought, ‘Isn’t there an eviction moratorium? Don’t we have some kind of protections?’” Greg recalled. After digging into local...
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