This City Club program is the third in a three-part series on local housing issues.
From The City Club of Eugene:
Eviction has been described as “the nuclear option” to address disputes between tenants and landlords, and the most common cause of eviction is the nonpayment of rent. Evictions initiate a cycle of housing instability for the renter especially in markets like Eugene with little available housing and they are time-consuming, stressful, and expensive for the landlord.
Even before 2020, many local residents were living one step away from eviction. Housing costs have risen significantly faster than wages for decades, and housing options are increasingly out of sync with demographic needs and financial means. In Lane County, 1 in 3 renters pays more than 50% of their income for housing, and Oregon’s minimum wage workers would need to work 81 hours every week to afford a two-bedroom apartment. Black, Native American, and Latinx households are more likely than white hou
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