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Portland: Neighbors Welcome
@pnwelcome.bsky.social
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Housing is a human right. Fighting for tenants rights along with four floors and corner stores across Portland for all ages, wages and stages of life. 🏘️
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“We have a lot of people who are suffering right now, and I am not seeing that the mayor’s shelter plan is going to adequately alleviate that suffering,” Councilor Angelita Morillo told OPB in an interview. “Our office feels the need to act.”
Proposed cuts to Portland’s homeless camp removal program puts mayor on defense
Budget talks in Portland City Hall have exposed a political chasm between how some city councilors and Mayor Keith Wilson want to address homelessness.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:58 PM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Great to see friends-of-PNW like @andersem.bsky.social and @maccoinnich.bsky.social quoted in this DJC article to reform housing code for more sunlight suites

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Portland’s new single-staircase rule faces big hurdles
The city now allows single-staircase buildings as tall as four stories, but a fire access rule may make most projects unbuildable, one designer warns.
djcoregon.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
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andersem.bsky.social
One of the many reasons to make small multifamily buildings geometrically feasible on small lots is that they're much safer than the detached homes there today.

If people want to live in safer buildings, let's not stop them!

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Modern Multifamily Buildings Provide the Most Fire Protection
A large body of research has demonstrated that apartment buildings and other types of multifamily housing can provide many benefits to a community, especially when built in high-demand areas where hou...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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holz-bau.bsky.social
gotta get to 8. 8 is great.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Hello Neighbors! We would love to see you at our next Happy Hour, which will be on Thursday the 6th (this week!) from 6-8 PM at Migration Williams (on the back patio). We are excited that Portland BPS Principal Planner Ryan Singer will be a special guest. This is gonna be a good one folks!
Flyer for the Portland: Neighbors Welcome November Happy Hour. It is on Thursday, November 6th from 6-8PM @ Migration Brewing on Williams. The text also says "See you there <3". There is a photo of Portland BPS Principal Planner Ryan Singer as well as a description that he will be a special guest at the happy hour! There is also a logo for the Inner Eastside for All campaign in the bottom left. This logo has the silhouettes of buildings in light blue, white text that says "Inner East Side for All", a green tree to the left, and the for is inside a red heart.
November 4, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Ten years ago, a Renters' State of Emergency was declared.

Today, Oregon has the highest eviction levels in its history.

So what happened? @donovanscribes.bsky.social explains where we've been and where we must go in his latest excellent installment of THE BLACK BYLINE.
The Black Byline: A 10-Year-Old (Forgotten) Emergency
REMEMBER: DIKES ARE SAFE AT PRESENT. YOU WILL BE WARNED IF NECESSARY. YOU WILL HAVE TIME TO LEAVE. DON'T GET EXCITED. —Housing Authority of Portland (present day Home Forward), May 30, 1948 notice to ...
www.portlandmercury.com
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Check out this super exciting affordable middle housing project in Milwaukie from Shortstack and Proud Ground! We love to see middle housing legalization lead to more homes for Oregon families <3 www.oregonmetro.gov/news/afforda...
Affordable homeownership comes to Milwaukie with the Shortstack cottage cluster
Shortstack development brings 15 affordable homes for purchase to Milwaukie. It was made possible in part by Metro’s affordable housing bond.
www.oregonmetro.gov
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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andersem.bsky.social
I’m at the launch of Oregon’s design competition for sunlight suite buildings - neighborhood-scale mulifamily buildings designed around one central staircase.

“This is one of those innovations whose time has come,” says Gil Kelley of @1000oregon.bsky.social.
October 21, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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PNW Board Member @mrtuckerbaum.bsky.social kicking off our event with @strongtowns.org to kickoff the single stair housing design contest!
Matt speaks to an audience with “building utopia: better homes and neighborhoods with single stair buildings” on the slide behind him
October 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Join BikeLoud to get our legal settlement over the finish line!
Help get Council to agree to one of Portland's biggest investments in biking, ever.

Wed Oct 22 9AM Rally at City Hall

8AM Ride to event: www.shift2bikes.org/calendar/eve...

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BikeLoud message about Wed Oct 22 Rally at City Hall with photo and logo. Words say, " BikeLoud PDX: Making 25% of trips by bike possible. Get our settlement over the finish line! The settlement would be one of Portland's biggest investments in biking, ever. In 2022 BikeLoud filed a lawsuit against the City of Portland over violation of the Bike Bill (a 1971 law that requires bicycle and pedestrian facilities to be built when a road is constructed, reconstructed, or relocated). Here we are three years later with a legal settlement in hand ready to get things done, but Portland City Council says not so fast. We need their approval on our settlement to seal the deal. That's why we need you to show up so our city government knows we're not giving up that easily. On Wednesday morning we'll be delivering a letter to city council spelling out why they should pass this settlement agreement. This is an opportunity to show City Council that Portlanders will fight for safer streets. Rally at City Hall Wednesday, October 22 at 9:00 am! Ride from Peninsula Park to the rally!" Words say, "World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, November 2024 Our proposed settlement, as it currently stands, was reached through several days of negotiations between BikeLoud, PBOT and the city's senior deputy attorney. In brief, here is a list of projects the two parties agreed to: Safety improvements to neighborhood greenways utilized by Portland Bike Buses Investments to a better Sandy Boulevard BAT (Business Access and Transit lanes) for the entire length of the 82nd Avenue project Completion of the neighborhood greenway upgrades around Hawthorne Boulevard. Want to do your homework? Here's the amended complaint which moved our lawsuit forward in 2023. Here's BikePortland's article laying out some of the details of the settlement hiccup. If you have any questions, reach out to us at bikeloudpdx@gmail.com We are forever indebted to our incredible attorneys who have worked hundreds of hours pro bono for the cause: Scott Kocher of Forum Law Group and Chris Thomas of Thomas, Coon, Newton & Frost with the savvy assistance of Jim Coon and Brandon Summers. Donate to BikeLoud"
October 20, 2025 at 8:20 AM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Enormous news out of California. Congrats to @cayimby.bsky.social and so many other advocates who helped pass the most consequential pro-homes legislation in the country.

Who’s ready to join us for an ambitious 2027 legislation session here in Oregon?

portlandneighborswelcome.org/get-involved
October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
We are excited to announce that we are co-sponsoring a Single Stair Design Competition along with our friends at @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and the University of Oregon School of Architecture! The competition will be open to undergrad + grad students in Oregon and Washington pnwdreams.org
Flyer describing a Pacific Northwest Single Stair Design Competition. It is sponsored by Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Strong Towns PDX. It is eligible to Undergrad + Grad students in Oregon and Washington. The prizes are 1st: $1500, 2nd: $1,000 (x2), 3rd: $500 (x3). Important Dates are: November 15th, 2025, which is when registration is due, and April 1st, 2026 which is when submissions are due. To learn more, the website link is PNWDREAMS.ORG
October 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Portland: Neighbors Welcome urges City Council to reject the proposed camping ban ordinance. Portland must embrace housing first strategies that offer dignity and respect to our most vulnerable neighbors. Let's house all our neighbors, together.
Graphic from Portland Neighbors Welcome with text: We urge Portland City Council: Reject the Camping Ban Ordinance "Cities and countries that embraced housing-first have achieved remarkable success in reducing homelessness in humane, sustainable ways. Portland can do the same. These programs do not just move people off the street, they keep them housed. Housing-first strategies are more humane, cost-effective, and offer dignity and respect to those facing the violence of poverty." Let's house all our neighbors, together. Read our full statement: portlandneighborswelcome.org/camping-ban
October 4, 2025 at 2:56 AM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Interested in learning about how you can become a small real estate developer for a project in your neighborhood? Are you an advocate or local leader looking to encourage better buildings in your community? Join us tomorrow for a lecture hosted by the Incremental Development Alliance!
Poster for an event with two smaller buildings next to a street scale apartment building in the center. The text reads: INCREMENTAL DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE LECTURE Thursday, October 2nd 5:30PM-7:30PM Show Bar @ Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St Portland OR 97214
October 2, 2025 at 3:03 AM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Thank you to @councilormorillo.bsky.social, @counciloravalos.bsky.social, @councilorgreen.bsky.social for speaking at our Inner Eastside for All rally at City Hall this week, and to all our volunteers who helped organize the event!
Photo of the entire crowd standing in front of city hall, with pro-homes signs including a large banner saying Portland Neighbors Welcome the crowd standing on the curb waving to cars driving by, with the Portland: Neighbors Welcome banner Councilor Candace Avalos, smiling, holding the megaphone, addressing the audience Councilor Angelita Morillo, holding the microphone, facing the audience gathered around city hall
September 27, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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Want to host the next @yimbytown.bsky.social conference? @desegregatect.bsky.social officially posted the RFP today:

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YIMBYtown 2026 RFP
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS TO HOST THE NEXT (2026*) YIMBYTOWN CONFERENCE About the Conference Previously convened in Boulder (2016), Oakland (2017), Boston (2018), Portland (2022), Austin (2024), and New...
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September 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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proud of my friend @wutherering.bsky.social for getting this quote in the @oregonian.com's write up of this morning's rally for @pnwelcome.bsky.social's Inner Eastside for All campaign:

www.oregonlive.com/business/202...
Several dozen members of pro-housing group Portland: Neighbors Welcome held a brief demonstration outside City Hall, fueled by coffee and doughnuts, to advocate the reforms before heading into council chambers, where the five-member Climate, Resilience and Land Use Committee discussed what zoning changes might look like someday. Such changes, proponents say, would allow apartments with corner stores on the inner east side and support local leaders’ efforts to alleviate the city’s affordability crisis. “We want, basically, nice homes for people that are a much lower price,” said Heidi Hart, Portland: Neighbors Welcome board member, outside City Hall.
September 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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1000oregon.bsky.social
Fantastic rally to end exclusionary zoning organized by @pnwelcome.bsky.social . Let's create an Inner Eastside with housing choices that work for everyone!
September 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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chadlykins.bsky.social
Incredible organizing by @pnwelcome.bsky.social in support of the Inner Eastside for All campaign.

It's time to relegate exclusionary zoning to the dustbin of history.
Crowd of supporters holding up signs for the Inner Eastside for All Campaign by Portland: Neighbors Welcome.
September 25, 2025 at 4:56 PM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
We're rallying TOMORROW for more homes for Portlanders in our most opportunity rich neighborhoods!
Flyer for Portland: Neighbors Welcome Event with text: Let's Tell Council: "Portland Needs More Homes Now!" 8:45AM Rally, 9:30AM Hearing, September 25th Outside City Hall There will be coffee! The flyer has a photo of homes in the background and a group of people with a Portland: Neighbors Welcome banner in the foreground.
September 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
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Show up at city hall tomorrow morning to support @pnwelcome.bsky.social’s Inner Eastside for All campaign. Build homes, not highways!
pnwelcome.bsky.social Portland: Neighbors Welcome @pnwelcome.bsky.social · Sep 21
Portland, it's time to show up for more homes for our neighbors! We are excited that housing champion and Portland: Neighbors Welcome founding board member @candaceavalos.bsky.social will be a special guest at our rally outside of City Hall at 8:45AM on September 25th.
Flyer for rally that reads: Inner Eastside for All Rally + Hearing 8:45AM Rally, 9:30AM Hearing, September 25th, Outside City Hall With Special Guest Councilor Candace Avalos, District 1 The flyer also includes a photo of Councilor Avalos, and a logo of Portland: Neighbors Welcome
September 24, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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Come join us in Portland 6pm TODAY at Steeplejack Brewing! We're meeting up with friends @strongtownspdx.bsky.social and @pnwelcome.bsky.social. All welcome!
2400 NE Broadway, Portland, OR 97232
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Current and Past Events - Common Ground OR-WA
Second social with Strong Towns PDX and Portland: Neighbors Welcome Join us for another lively gathering with Portland: Neighbors Welcome and Strong Towns PDX on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 6 pm. We’ll exc...
commongroundorwa.org
September 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
pnwelcome.bsky.social
Portland, it's time to show up for more homes for our neighbors! We are excited that housing champion and Portland: Neighbors Welcome founding board member @candaceavalos.bsky.social will be a special guest at our rally outside of City Hall at 8:45AM on September 25th.
Flyer for rally that reads: Inner Eastside for All Rally + Hearing 8:45AM Rally, 9:30AM Hearing, September 25th, Outside City Hall With Special Guest Councilor Candace Avalos, District 1 The flyer also includes a photo of Councilor Avalos, and a logo of Portland: Neighbors Welcome
September 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM