A tenant filed suit against Home Forward on Wednesday over a cockroach infestation at one of the housing authority’s properties.
Patrick Plamondon, 38, who is paralyzed from the chest down and uses a wheelchair, alleges Home Forward, the city of Portland’s troubled housing authority, violated state standards of habitability by failing to properly inspect for and address a cockroach infestation on multiple floors of the Humboldt Gardens Apartments in North Portland.
The suit says the violations persisted from the time Plamondon moved into the apartment in August 2025 to at least July 28, 2026. Plamondon tells WW he saw cockroaches in his first week at Humboldt Gardens, while he was still unpacking. And the issue persists to this day, he says…