Dan Ryan & Loretta Smith Public Housing Reality Show - Episode 3

Dan Ryan and Loretta Smith Public Housing Reality Show - Episodes 1 & 2 RECAP (see below)

Dan Ryan and Loretta Smith Public Housing Reality Show - Episode 3

By voting in favor of a 653 million dollar Public Housing bond on November 6, 2018 and a Public Housing income tax of $250 million on May 19, 2020, Metro Regional Government voters confirmed Public Housing as a REGIONAL POLICY matter. This is now an established indisputable fact, Public Housing is a regional issue. But what does that mean? It means that every Public Housing, which includes the homeless, policy and spending decision made by any Metro area public jurisdiction MUST be considered within the parameters of REGIONAL NEEDS. This will have a dramatic and profound effect on every elected official within the Metro jurisdictional catchment with regard to their Public Housing decision making, especially those actions that involve spending of taxpayer dollars and proposed locations for Public Housing, which includes the homeless.

Inherent within the Metro regionalizing of Public Housing policy is Parity of Public Housing Households among Clackamas (3%), Washington (5%), and Multnomah (12%) counties. Parity of Public Housing households among the Metro counties is the touchstone by which all related policy and spending decisions must be measured. All other policy arguments to the contrary are indefensible, meritless, NIMBY and economic segregationist.

So the question arises: Will you publicly acknowledge that Parity of Public Housing Households among Metro counties is the touchstone by which all related policy and spending decisions must be measured before the special election on August 11th?

Dan Ryan

NO. I do not accept the Metro voters' decision to recognize Public Housing as a regional issue.

Loretta Smith

NO. I do not accept the Metro voters' decision to recognize Public Housing as a regional issue.

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North Portland

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Dan Ryan and Loretta Smith Public Housing Reality Show - Episode 2 RECAP

Will you publicly call for an end to funding the St. Johns hard-walled homeless camp before the special election on August 11th?

Dan Ryan

NO. I support the current status quo policy of Targeted, Unlimited Neighborhood Concentration of Public Housing which allows government to load the neighborhoods of its choosing with up to 100% Public Housing. I also support the current status quo policy of denying the establishment of goals which would aim public policy and funding toward of a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 15% Public Housing households per neighborhood in Portland and Multnomah county. Despite the inevitable upcoming massive revenue losses to governments the cost effectiveness of this and other Public Housing projects by the JOHS is of no concern to me. I do not accept the Metro voters' decision to recognize Public Housing as a regional issue.

Loretta Smith

NO. I support the current status quo policy of Targeted, Unlimited Neighborhood Concentration of Public Housing which allows government to load the neighborhoods of its choosing with up to 100% Public Housing. I also support the current status quo policy of denying the establishment of goals which would aim public policy and funding toward of a minimum of 5% and a maximum of 15% Public Housing households per neighborhood in Portland and Multnomah county. Despite the inevitable upcoming massive revenue losses to governments the cost effectiveness of this and other Public Housing projects by the JOHS is of no concern to me. I do not accept the Metro voters' decision to recognize Public Housing as a regional issue.

Dan Ryan and Loretta Smith Public Housing Reality Show - Episode 1 RECAP

So the most basic question related to Public Housing policy is this: When you speak or write about households whose current access to housing involved meeting the following criteria i.e. Means Test (<=80%MFI) + Government Subsidy (any government any type) + Rental Agreement, what words do you use?

Dan Ryan

I haven’t given it much thought. The easiest position for me to take is to support the status quo which conflates the mutually exclusive definitions of PUBLIC HOUSING with AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Since everyone supports the idea of Affordable Housing but there is considerable controversy over Public Housing it’s politically convenient to avoid defending the facts and obfuscate the truth.

Loretta Smith

I haven’t given it much thought. The easiest position for me to take is to support the status quo which conflates the mutually exclusive definitions of PUBLIC HOUSING with AFFORDABLE HOUSING. Since everyone supports the idea of Affordable Housing but there is considerable controversy over Public Housing it’s politically convenient to avoid defending the facts and obfuscate the truth.