Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden said Oregon will receive nearly $50 million in federal funding to address the homelessness and affordable housing crisis.
Tiffani Penson was first elected to the Portland Community College Board in 2019. Penson was born and raised in Oregon and currently works for the City of Portland as the People + Culture Manager, responsible for deploying and operationalizing the city’s CORE Values of Anti-racism, Communication, Collaboration, Equity, Transparency and Fiscal Responsibility.
Pending legislation would give state government broad new authority to prod Oregon cities and the Portland metro area to promote more housing production — and penalize them if they do