Bend awarded $5 million federal grant to fuel affordable housing production
Bend Bulletin The city of Bend has received a $5 million grant intended to kickstart affordable housing supply, the federal government announced Wednesday. Awarded through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the grant set the course for the city to identify and address policies that slow affordable housing
Wyden, Merkley announce $30.1 million in ‘Payments in Lieu of Taxes’ to Oregon counties; $6 million to C. Oregon
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley announced Thursday that counties throughout Oregon will receive more than $30.1 million in Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) funding for 2024, including over $6 million for Deschutes, Crook and Jefferson counties. Because local governments cannot tax federal lands, annual PILT
Wyden, Merkley, colleagues call on Postal Service to prepare for November election
KTVZ WASHINGTON (KTVZ) — Senator Ron Wyden said Thursday he is leading Senate colleagues including fellow Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley in calling on Postmaster General DeJoy and the U.S. Postal Service to share their plans to accommodate high volumes of mail expected in the upcoming 2024 general election in Oregon and nationwide.
Merkley anuncia más de $500,000 para la conservación de polinizadores y mariposas monarca de la costa oeste
Oregon U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley announced Monday, December 5, $557,600 in federal funding from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation’s Monarch and Pollinator Fund. That money will go to improve western monarch butterfly and pollinator habitats in Oregon and California. Back in June of 2022, Merkley hosted a summit to reverse
Las tribus Klamath recuperan el autogobierno de los fondos tribales
On December 21, 2022, the Klamath Tribes Judgment Fund Repeal Act, S. 314, was signed into law by President Biden. As a result, the Klamath Tribes will regain self-governance over money held in trust by the United States government for almost sixty years. In 1954, federal legislation terminated the existing government-to-government
El senador de Oregón Jeff Merkley sobre la Ley de Matrimonio, fondos de cobertura y propiedad de vivienda, otros temas
WASHINGTON, D.C. — We recently interviewed U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, on topics important to you. He talks about Senate passage of the Respect for Marriage Act and how, he says, it protects people from a Supreme Court that might tell them their marriages are invalid. “It means that a marriage
Vivienda asequible: nueva legislación federal diseñada para ayudar a Oregón y a la nación
As the nation continues to face a crisis of housing affordability, Oregon’s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley has introduced the End Hedge Fund Control of American Homes Act. The legislation is aimed at ending Wall Street ownership of residential housing. While aspects of the housing crisis— including a supply shortage—will take
Oregon senator seeks to stop investors from amassing single-family homes
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is looking to stop investors from collecting massive portfolios of single-family homes, citing the national housing affordability crisis. Merkley, who used to head up Portland’s Habitat for Humanity, introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate to discourage taxpayers from owning more than 100 single-family homes by imposing a
Senador Merkley presenta legislación para prohibir la propiedad de fondos de cobertura de viviendas residenciales
Washington, DC – Mientras nuestra nación sigue enfrentándose a una crisis de asequibilidad de la vivienda, el senador estadounidense de Oregón, Jeff Merkley, presentó la Ley para poner fin al control de los fondos de cobertura de viviendas estadounidenses, una ley destinada a poner fin a la propiedad de viviendas residenciales en Wall Street. Si bien algunos aspectos de la crisis inmobiliaria (incluido un
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