Opinion: Portland college students are struggling to find affordable housing. They need our investment.


As we enter 2023, Portland continues to wrestle a housing affordability crisis with little relief in sight. The situation poses devastating consequences for our city’s unsheltered residents, but it’s also quietly threatening one community key to the city’s future: our college students.

According to a 2020 survey of Portland Community College students conducted by the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, 56% of respondents said they were experiencing housing insecurity. That statistic…

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