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Beth Deitchman
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September 15, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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My sister is also a grandmother. Clearly I am the younger sister now.
September 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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Ah well. Eventually!
August 31, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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I took a break from the socials for my mental health. I wish I'd come back yesterday! Apparently I missed a lot.
August 31, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Preparation doesn’t mean stockpiling. It means knowing your neighbors. Learning your rights. Showing up. Helping folks eat, stay housed, stay safe. It means organizing, not just reacting. Culture, care, joy—these aren’t soft. They’re infrastructure. That’s how we get ready.
July 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Lovely!
June 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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"Anything that drives up the cost of creating new homes gives
more market power to landlords of existing homes, and less power to tenants...Temporarily waiving SDCs will not singlehandledly revive homebuilding in Portland, but it will
help and it is within the city's control."
Every city needs infrastructure like parks, roads, and pipes. SDCs aren't the only way to raise infrastructure money — Portland managed without them for many years, just as peer cities like Seattle do today. Portland and other cities have turned to them in recent decades because other revenue options are so limited. Unfortunately, SDCs are a cost burden on housing, especially on the least expensive homes. This makes them regressive. Anything that drives up the cost of creating new homes gives more market power to landlords of existing homes, and less power to tenants. Tenants in both new and old buildings ultimately pay these costs in the form of the higher rents landowners can then extract. Sometimes such costs are necessary, but each should be weighed carefully. Very few homes are being built in Portland right now. This should concern all tenants. Portland has been growing again, and many vacancy rates have dipped below 5 percent; if trends continue, rent hikes will follow. The lack of construction is also bad fiscal and economic news for the city. Because SDC revenue is almost zero, the city has little to lose from a temporary waiver. Temporarily waiving SDCs will not singlehandledly revive homebuilding in Portland, but it will help and it is within the city's control. An SDC holiday also offers Portland an opportunity to rethink SDCs before they or some other source of infrastructure revenue would return in a few years. Our members would be happy to participate in this policy work.
June 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Inner Eastside for All would re-legalize "four floors and corner stores" everywhere from 12th to 60th and Fremont to Powell, preserving inner NE and SE as walkable, mixed-income places anyone can call home.

Part of the city we love. Join our campaign!
photo of a small apartment buildings next to another home on a tree-lined street
June 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM