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Two deaths during the historic heat wave happened in high-rise buildings with no central air conditioning. Author: Pat Dooris Updated: 7:27 PM PDT July 8, 2021
PORTLAND, Oregon The Service Employees International Union 503 (SEIU 503), which represents 72,000 workers in Oregon, including home health care workers, is calling for central air conditioning to be installed in multi-story public housing apartment buildings.
During the worst of the late June heat wave, a home health care worker told KGW news, a client s apartment on the sixth floor of a building called Northwest Tower was 109 degrees inside. The building has no central air conditioning.
Northwest Tower is owned by Home Forward, a public agency and the largest provider of affordable housing in Oregon. It serves the poor and the vulnerable.
Neighbors urge more security after Southwest Portland shooting July 02 2021
Stephens Creek Crossing residents say they fear shooter s release after rampage that damaged homes, cars. People could ve died, a man said, seated among nearly 50 neighbors outside the Stephens Creek Crossing apartments in Southwest Portland.
Another neighbor conveyed palpable fear and unease following a shooting two days prior that shook residents.
Stephens Creek residents gathered Thursday, July 1, for a community meeting with the apartment complex s management company, along with a Portland police officer. The community meeting followed a shooting early Tuesday, June 29, in which a man in a neighboring apartment building fired 29 bullets throughout the Stephens Creek complex following an altercation. No injuries were reported, but several homes and vehicles were struck.
It could have been me : Apartment dwellers without air conditioning reflect on dangers of record heat wave
At least 59 people in Multnomah County died in the heat, most in their homes. Officials said multi-unit buildings tend to be more dangerous in extreme heat. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 5:22 PM PDT July 2, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. Days before a deadly, record-setting heatwave moved into the Pacific Northwest, staff with Multnomah County began making thousands of phone calls. Beginning last week, a spokesperson said, staff called 3,680 high-risk and vulnerable adults, warning them the heat was coming and making sure they had a safety plan in place. Many of them lived in homes and apartments.