30.01.020 Intent.

City Code Section

(Amended by Ordinance 187380, effective November 13, 2015.) 

  1. The intent of this Title is to protect the availability of publicly assisted affordable housing for low and moderate income households by: providing for notice to the City and tenants when transitions from current assistance programs and/or affordable housing uses are planned; providing purchase opportunities for the City to attempt to preserve the affordable housing while respecting ownership interests of building owners; providing tenant relocation assistance when the affordable housing is converted; and, ensuring long term affordability in future projects that the City assists with public financing designed to create or preserve affordable housing; and ensuring that  all  Portland  renters,  have   additional protections to ensure more certainty in their housing security.
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