PUBLIC HOUSING = MEANS TEST + GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIY + RENTAL AGREEMENT
ALL Public Housing is controlled by government.
The city of Portland, Multnomah county, the Housing Authority of Portland and the state of Oregon control the administration of the annual expenditure of $200,000,000 on 50 to 60 thousand public housing clients in Multnomah county.
The mayor of Portland has the singular statutory authority over the Housing Authority of Portland and the Portland Bureau of Housing.
The current mayor of Portland, Sam Adams, has refused to exercise his responsibility to hold the Housing Authority of Portland and the Portland Bureau of Housing accountable to the taxpayers by providing authentic, accurate, complete and timely Public Housing Statistical Data.
Contrary to the official published location policy goals of the Portland Bureau of Housing, the city of Portland, Multnomah county, the Housing Authority of Portland and the state of Oregon support the discredited and abhorrent policy of UNLIMITED neighborhood concentration of Public Housing.
Richard Ellmyer and many groups and individuals support the only moral, legitimate, defensible and fair public housing policy, namely, Equitable Distribution of Public Housing.
Public Housing is a regional issue. All Public Housing agencies in Multnomah, Clackamas and Washington counties should be under the control of the Metro Regional Government following a policy of Equitable Distribution of Public Housing throughout the region.
Ellmyer Confronts Portland Over Coverups Of Bad Policy, Disrespect And Incompetence - 2/3/10
All of you accept mayor Adams’ indefensible, foolish and slightly nutty assertion that there is NO PUBLIC housing in Portland only affordable housing.
None of you are prepared to try and correct the imbalance between 77% qualified students for the free lunch program at the Roosevelt school cluster and 9% at the Lincoln school cluster which is primarily caused by deliberately overloading North Portland with public housing clients.
Ellmyer Confronts Gresham Over Coverups Of Bad Policy, Disrespect And Incompetence - 2/2/10
All of you support Portland’s mayor Adams’ policy of UNLIMITED neighborhood concentration of public housing.
None of you have requested nor do you have an interest in statistical data that would inform you about the total number and the neighborhood location of every public housing client in Multnomah county. With the approval of the Gresham city council, member David Widmark, who is also a HAP commissioner has denied your constituents information important to public decision making and the quality of life in Gresham neighborhoods.
Ellmyer Challenges Metro To Run Regional Public Housing Agencies 1/28/10
Gretchen Kafoury, who was on the legislative committee that wrote the original Metro charter, recently reminded me that public housing was included as a regional issue but somehow fell off Metro’s agenda. I am here today to request your support for putting it back on.
Ellmyer Confronts School Board Over Withholding Data And Enrollment Diversity 1/26/10
Despite the PPS board's best efforts to thwart citizen participation by making those who signed up to testify wait THREE HOURS for their three minutes I finally got to speak. Here's what I learned while patiently waiting my turn listening to schoolspeak.
Ellmyer Confronts Multnomah County Over Coverups Of Bad Policy, Disrespect And Incompetence - 1/21/10
My name is Richard Ellmyer. I am a candidate for the North Portland House seat in the May Democratic Primary. On December 28 I sent you a request for Public Housing Statistical Data which I mentioned was intended to be used as a basis for discussion with voters during my campaign for public office. Despite my admonition that time was of the essence for 24 days of my campaign you have not provided me or the voters with any one of the four separate reports I requested.
Ellmyer Confronts HAP Over Coverups Of Bad Policy, Disrespect And Incompetence - 1/20/10
My name is Richard Ellmyer. I am a candidate for the North Portland House seat in the May Democratic Primary. On December 11 I sent you a request for Public Housing Statistical Data which I mentioned was intended to be used as a basis for discussion with voters during my campaign for public office. Despite my admonition that time was of the essence for 39 days of my campaign you have not provided me or the voters with any one of the four separate reports I requested.