BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20250130T223000Z DTEND:20250130T233000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:CCBA & NCCC Zoom on Metro's Supportive Housing Services Bond DESCRIPTION:Please join us for an informative Zoom with Metro Councilor Christine Lewis & Metro's Director of Public Affairs\, Andy Shaw on Metro's Supportive Housing Services Bond on the May Ballot.\n\n\n\nIn 2018\, voters across Clackamas\, Multnomah and Washington counties approved bond funding to build affordable housing throughout the region. Thanks to voters\, more than 5\,000 affordable homes have been created or are in development as of January 2025. This bond will soon be coming to an end. Meanwhile\, implementation of regional Supportive Housing Services funding has made a big difference in thousands of lives\, yet faces its own expiration in a few years.\n\n\n\nYet the need remains. Homelessness and the rising gap between incomes and housing costs continues to be a daily struggle for people and families across greater Portland.\n\n\n\nMetro is hosting a conversation on how the region can keep working together to create affordable homes as well as providing services that keep people housed. Throughout 2024\, hundreds of community members\, housing and service providers\, local elected officials and staff\, and others with direct experience have shared their thoughts about priorities\, opportunities and lessons learned in the implementation of regional funding for affordable housing and supportive services.\n\n\n\nOn Oct. 17\, 2024\, the Metro Council adopted a resolution providing direction on principles and policies to implement an integrated and expanded regional funding program for affordable housing and supportive housing services. The resolution includes several potential policy actions that will be further developed and discussed by the Metro Council through early 2025. The Council is expected to make a decision on whether to refer a policy package to voters in late January or early February 2025. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Please join us for an informative Zoom with Metro Councilor Christine Lewis &\; Metro'\;s Director of Public Affairs\, Andy Shaw on Metro'\;s Supportive Housing Services Bond on the May Ballot.
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\nIn 2018\, voters across Clackamas\, Multnomah and Washington counties approved bond funding to build affordable housing throughout the region. Thanks to voters\, more than 5\,000 affordable homes have been created or are in development as of January 2025. This bond will soon be coming to an end. Meanwhile\, implementation of regional Supportive Housing Services funding has made a big difference in thousands of lives\, yet faces its own expiration in a few years.
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\nYet the need remains. Homelessness and the rising gap between incomes and housing costs continues to be a daily struggle for people and families across greater Portland.
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\nMetro is hosting a conversation on how the region can keep working together to create affordable homes as well as providing services that keep people housed. Throughout 2024\, hundreds of community members\, housing and service providers\, local elected officials and staff\, and others with direct experience have shared their thoughts about priorities\, opportunities and lessons learned in the implementation of regional funding for affordable housing and supportive services.
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\nOn Oct. 17\, 2024\, the Metro Council adopted a resolution providing direction on principles and policies to implement an integrated and expanded regional funding program for affordable housing and supportive housing services. The resolution includes several potential policy actions that will be further developed and discussed by the Metro Council through early 2025. The Council is expected to make a decision on whether to refer a policy package to voters in late January or early February 2025. LOCATION:Join Zoom Meeting https://url.avanan.click/v2/r01/___https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85423492389?pwd=WenjbNKVK4NpYPTxyij30qZ6ATMcFK.1___.YXAzOm5jY29jOmE6bzo0OTRmN2NkMTY2NzlhNWQ3MDIyZDY1YmMyMDdhOGU0MTo3OjliOTI6Njg3N2E0YWRlZjU0YzllOGVkNzdkNGU4YTA0NzIwOTZjMTkwZmNjYzIwNTRkZjAzNGMyMzA3OWFhZGU5MTgyNzp0OlQ6Tg Meeting ID: 854 2349 2389 Passcode: 460201 EventBrite Link UID:e.2445.12477 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260511T101051Z URL:https://portal.yourchamber.com/events/details/ccba-nccc-zoom-on-metro-s-supportive-housing-services-bond-12477 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR