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December 18, 2020

Oregon considers $200M fund to reimburse landlords for back rent

  • The state also is looking at extending its eviction moratorium to July 1.
    • By SARA CLINE
    Associated Press/Report for America

    CORVALLIS, Ore. — Ryan Bowser looked somber as he sat in his cramped Oregon apartment, worried whether he, his pregnant girlfriend and her 10-year-old daughter would have a roof over their heads in the new year. It may well depend on state lawmakers.

    The family is three months behind on the $1,165 in rent they pay for their two-bedroom unit in the college town of Corvallis. Bowser, a custodian at Oregon State University, took eight weeks off because he was sick and couldn't afford child care.


     
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