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Join us in the fight for Renter’s Rights across Portland, Multnomah County and Oregon! Tenant organizers primarily associated with @PortlandDSA Website: https://pdxrenterpower.com Find our next DSA Housing meeting: https://portlanddsa.org/events/

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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Jan 26

New account give us a boost! We have renter town halls coming soon to Portland 👀

Good year for Portland to enact a RENTER’S BILL OF RIGHTS!

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PDX Renters Bill of Rights

Sign the Renters Bill of Rights

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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · 11d

Portland DSA Housing Working group will be here! Come talk about the Renters Bill of Rights.

Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · 11d

Join Portland DSA out at the No Kings Rallies today. We’ll be at the Oregon Convention Center at 10:30am today and on the waterfront after that. Look for our tables along the Naito Parkway by the battleship memorial. Wear Red and join us!!

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Bolshetrick @bolshetrick.bsky.social · 19d

Glad these bozos were kept out of the NW Oregon labor council thanks to the pressure campaign led by @portlanddsa.bsky.social and trade union militants!

Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · 19d

Fuck you Aaron Schmautz. This is why we kept you out of the labor council.

Portland police union head welcomes fed support to help ‘horrifically understaffed’ cops end ‘burst’ in crime

President Donald Trump has signaled he wants to send National Guard units into Portland, Ore., in order to protect the city as well as ICE facilities, which he said have come under attack by Antifa…

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · 25d

Not only does this story get a number of basic facts wrong, it doesn’t take time to actually explore why Portlanders elected these folks. Coming in with a pre-baked PDX story to fit a NYT narrative about NYC is harmful, especially at this moment.

What Happens When Socialists Are in Charge? Portland Offers a Glimpse.

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Lydia Kiesling @lydiakiesling.bsky.social · Sep 29

I'm going to sound like the biggest hater & loser in the world and I know we must do our political performance but the "look at my war ravaged Portland" photos especially from politicians are getting a little 😬 when we have crisis levels of people without housing including unknown numbers of kids

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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · Sep 23

Happening now, tune in! The discussion and public testimony has not started yet.

www.portland.gov/council/agen...

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Councilor Candace Avalos @counciloravalos.bsky.social · Sep 23

Good afternoon, Portland, and welcome to another Homelessness and Housing Committee meeting! Today, @councilordunphy.bsky.social, @councilorgreen.bsky.social, and I are going to present some of what we learned in Vienna and what their alternative housing models could mean for Portland.

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maria @mgabrielles.bsky.social · Sep 7

Refuse to believe people who say they want the best for Portland if they spend time/energy mobilizing opposition against housing as a human right or universal preschool. Use power to push back against Trump’s threats and do more to make Portland safer for children, immigrants and unhoused people.

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Portland Tenants United @pdxtu.bsky.social · Sep 5

Check out this story about PTU, @portlanddsa.bsky.social, and @councilorgreen.bsky.social speaking out for a @homeforward.bsky.social tenant who was nearly evicted. Quick collective action helped keep him housed.

Leeor lays out some of PTU's demands for @homeforward.bsky.social.

Tenant advocates rally over near eviction of veteran from low income housing

Tenant advocates rallied over the near eviction of a veteran from low-income housing.

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Em @embienbi.bsky.social · Sep 4

everyone should get a public defender at eviction court and i'm not kidding

Portland Mercury @portlandmercury.com · Sep 4

A 68-year-old veteran with disabilities got an eviction notice last week for unpaid rent he didn't know he owed. With swift intervention from a tenant union and a city councilor, the eviction case was dismissed. Tenant rights advocates say the case underscores a larger, systemic problem.

Eviction of Disabled Veteran Halted After Intervention From Neighbors and a City Councilor

A veteran with disabilities who faced eviction will stay in his apartment, after intervention from a tenant union and a Portland city councilor. Last Friday, Dan McLean, 68, got an eviction notice at ...

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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Sep 3

We cannot achieve housing justice alone. We can only push back against the landlord class if renters stand in solidarity.

Join us as we canvass renters in D1 to invite the community to the East Portland Renters’ Town Hall.

RSVP today at portlanddsa.org/events

#housingforall #rentersbillofrights

WE WANT YOU
END EVICTIONS
SAVE LIVES
RENTERS BILL
OF RIGHTS NOW!
TO BUILD
RENTER POWER!
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AFFORDABLE
HOUSING FOR ALL!

CANVASS WITH US
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RENTERS' TOWN HALL
IN EAST PORTLAND
SEPTEMBER 6TH 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SEPTEMBER 13TH 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Aug 30

Join us for the third Renters' Town Hall in East Portland to support the Renters' Bill of Rights! Be part of the growing movement of Portlanders fighting back against the landlord class! RSVP Today!

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Come to the Third Renters’ Town Hall & Get Together for
You’re Invited!
THE RENTERS’ BILL OF RIGHTS
Five new City Councilors endorsed the Renters’ Bill of Rights while running for office. Let’s decide how we push to make these reforms a reality for the whole City of Portland.
Light refreshments provided.
Meet other renters, talk about our issues, enjoy a social afternoon & help build
Renter Power!
Portland Community College Southeast
2305 SE 82nd Ave Portland, OR 97216
Saturday, Sept 20, 2025 2:00- 4:00pm
Transit: FX2, 72,
Max Green Line

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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · Aug 29

Portland transit riders deserve better service, not policing! We've heard that the mayor wants to put cops on our buses and we say HELL NO.

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Alex Zielinski @alexzee.bsky.social · Aug 7

Worth following this police patrol vs bike/ped safety debate in NW coming from City Hall (and followed closely by @bikeportland.org):

Portlanders rally support as diverters are slated for removal this week

The Mayor's office has so far declined to comment.

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Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · Jul 29

tfw you have to publicly present as a leader but you think your job is just begging people in the private sector for stuff

Oregon governor, Portland mayor will personally court housing investors amid construction slump

Gov. Tina Kotek and Mayor Keith Wilson agreed to meet with investors to press them on the business case for betting on Portland.

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Seth Caddy: spooky 👻 ginger 🎃 @gingercaddy.bsky.social · Jul 29

#HousingForAll

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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Jul 28

Read Abolish Rent and start learning about tenant unions.

PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Jul 28

Some of our demands expand to the county level and even statewide! we also have seen versions of our demand being spread in Salem and Corvallis and maybe other Oregon cities!

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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Jul 27

At Sunday Parkways today, letting East Portland know about the Renters’ Bill of Rights!

And handing out free pup cups to all the good doggies!

#dsa #rentersrights #tenantsrights #portland #pdx @portlanddsa.bsky.social

Members of the Portland DSA housing working group and Ecosocialists standing outside under a tent behind a table

Large dog licking whipped cream out of a cup

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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · Jul 24

Lots of talk about Portland DSA lately 😎 Come learn more at our upcoming Girls Night picnic! For all who are interested in socializing and meeting others - not limited to DSA members.

Bring your girl dinner to girls night - BYOB at Laurelhurst Park July 27th 3-6 PM, Picnic Area A.

A purple flyer that fades to red at the top. It says “Girls Night in big white letters across the top half of the flyer. Then in smaller white lettering it says “A social for women in DSA, and DSA curious women! Sunday July 27th 3-6pm Laurelhurst Park Picnic Area 1, bring a picnic, beer and wine. *Democratic Socialists of America”

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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Jul 17

🙄 Of course the landlords are complaining. God forbid they do their f*cking jobs and take care of their tenants.

#tenantsrights #rentersrightsbill #climatemergency #climatecrisis #abolishrent #tenantunion

AC requirement may hit rentals in Portland
Published: Jul. 17, 2025, 5:00 a.m.

Portland is contemplating a new policy to protect residents from potentially deadly heat by adding air conditioning requirements for rental apartments and homes.
The Permitting and Development bureau is exploring a code amendment to create a maximum indoor temperature standard for rental units, requiring landlords to install ACs or heat pumps in each one.
The proposal is still in the early planning stages and comes after a multi-year collaboration among city bureaus, community groups and experts working to identify climate and health standards to make rental housing more livable during extreme weather.

Thousands of Portlanders who bake in their rental homes during summer heat waves will no doubt welcome the plan - but it likely will face stiff opposition from groups representing property owners who cite the expense and possible investment chill in Portland housing development.
Portland is under a heat advisory this week and experiencing soaring temperatures. It reached a high of 97 degrees at Portland International Airport on Wednesday.
The city has experienced more hot days and heat-related deaths in recent years than ever before.
The 2021 five-day heat dome set a record high of 116 degrees and killed 69 people in Multnomah County alone. Another 14 people died in the county in the past three years due to excessive

"We are in a climate crisis, and setting a maximum indoor temperature standard for rental units can help ensure that populations more likely to be renters in Portland, such as communities of color or those with lower incomes, are prioritized in our climate actions," interim Portland Permitting & Development Director David Kuhnhausen told The Oregonian / OregonLive.
After the heat dome, county public health officials found that those who died were predominantly 65 or older, lived alone and lacked air conditioning.
They were mostly residents of multi-family housing, including public housing, owners of manufactured homes, as well as homeless people.

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Taylor Griggs @taylorgriggs.bsky.social · Jul 16

The Mercury also recently published an article about DSA in Portland. Gonna repost that one more time, for those interested

With Newfound Sway in City Hall, Portland’s Democratic Socialists Hope to Redefine the City’s Priorities

How do you solve a problem like an unprecedented city budget deficit? Over the last few months of budget planning, Portland leaders suggested a host of ways to close the roughly $93 million gap, from ...

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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · Jul 16

All of this experience outside City Hall feeds into the electoral work we do and is why we have actual substance to push forward while the democratic old guard continue their half baked gestures and then wonder why Trump is in power. Join us! portlanddsa.org/join-us/

Join America's Largest Socialist Organization - Portland DSA

Becoming a Member The Democratic Socialists of America is funded by our membership—not corporations or wealthy donors. This ensures that DSA members are in full control of the organization. By paying ...

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PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Jul 16

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Portland DSA @portlanddsa.bsky.social · Jul 16

PDX DSA is more than a 2,000 member electoral ngo, members are in the streets handing out water and electrolytes to people who capitalism would throw to the wind. Our members are forming tenant unions across the city and pushing boycotts against the genocidal American supplied Israeli government.

Nick @ecosozialismus.bsky.social · Jul 16

The actual story that isn’t here is that the socialist city councilors are getting their agenda passed because they are smarter & more disciplined than the other people on council. They understand procedural rules better and have policy aims.

Dan Ryan just takes up space. Zimmerman has no politics.

PDXRenterPower @pdxrenterpower.bsky.social · Jul 8

On Saturday we joined our comrades in Salem at their first Renters’ Town Hall.

@portlanddsa.bsky.social Housing Working Group Co-Chair Lela S. and organizer Mike E. answered question and discussed how their chapter can work towards a Renters’ Bill of Rights in Salem.

#dsa #housingjustice

Three people sitting behind a table with a red tabling cloth smiling and laughing as they answer questions on a panel

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BikePortland @bikeportland.org · Jun 28

They came up empty-handed.

bikeportland.org/2025/06/28/d...

Dems squander supermajority as session ends with no transportation bill

The future looks bleak for Oregon roads.

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