The Portland Housing Bureau and Mayor Keith Wilson last week launched a new “home sharing” program that offers Portland homeowners a $1,000 check if they rent out a spare room.
To receive the city check, homeowners must rent the spare room through one of two home-sharing platforms, PadSplit or the Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, and they must agree to rent the room for 12 contiguous months for no more than $800 a month. The check won’t be cut until the room is rented for more than 30 days under the program.
It’s unclear who exactly the Housing Bureau is trying to help find apartments through the program…