🚨 Portland challenges Trump’s plan to send troops

Trump Targeting Portland

On Sunday, Gov. Tina Kotek received notice that President Trump is calling up 200 members of the Oregon National Guard for 60 days of service in Portland. The state and the city of Portland immediately filed a lawsuit to challenge the president’s action: “The facts cannot justify this overreach,” says the suit. [Oregonian]

• On Saturday: Trump took to Truth Social to say he was sending “Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists.” [Oregonian]
• Also Saturday: Gov. Tina Kotek spoke to President Trump. Afterwards, she told reporters she was “trying to understand his rationale, and I believe it is based on information that is not accurate today.” Trump may be thinking about Portland’s 2020 protests. [Willamette Week]
• Related: In recent days, fewer than 30 protesters were showing up at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in South Portland. After Trump’s announcement, the protests grew: 2,000 people marched through downtown to condemn the president’s actions. [Oregonian]

One Possible Solution to Portland’s Housing Crisis

More than half of Portland households are cost-burdened, and a quarter spend half their income on rent. So this year Portland City Council voted to study social housing, a model where homes are publicly or nonprofit-owned, permanently affordable, and often mixed-income. Councilor Candace Avalos explains what she and other city leaders learned about it on a trip to Vienna. [City Cast Portland 🎧]

Can European-Style Housing Actually Fix Portland? Councilor Avalos Thinks So

Portland is facing one of the nation’s worst housing crises. More than half of households are cost-burdened, and a quarter spend half their income on rent. This year, Portland City Council voted to study social housing, a model where homes are publicly or nonprofit-owned, permanently affordable, and often mixed-income. Councilor Candace Avalos, who co-sponsored the resolution, was recently part of a group of city leaders who traveled to Vienna to see the model firsthand. The trip drew criticism for its cost, but Avalos says it offered lessons Portland can use. She shares some steps our city could realistically take.