The Right to Rest Ordinance prohibits discrimination in public spaces based on housing status. This ordinance protects unhoused people's right to protect themselves from the elements. Criminalizing necessary life-sustaining activities like sitting, lying, resting or eating in public when someone has …
Rights
Community Budgeting for All
The Community Budgeting For All 2026 initiative petition would send a charter amendment to the voters that would require the City to implement a process wherein all Portland residents would have the opportunity to decide how to spend a specified percentage of the city's general fund discretionary …
Rental Services Office
Low-income and other vulnerable renters who live in a perpetual state of housing insecurity have no real recourse when their landlords exploit their vulnerabilities through implicit and explicit intimidation and harassment. Landlords know when a tenant has limited options, and they take advantage of …