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The Astoria City Council will detail potential locations for homeless camping.

The move is part of the city’s response to federal court rulings and state legislation that restrict local governments from enforcing camping rules in public places if there are not adequate shelter beds.

Cities across Oregon are adjusting camping ordinances, balancing the need to meet the new standards with community interests.

Read the report by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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The Astor Building, the largest building downtown, is transitioning out of a federal low-income housing program by next July.

Forty-eight units in the building on 14th Street are part of the program.

Paul Caruana, the building’s owner, has at times struggled to fill vacancies in the subsidized apartments. Once the housing contract expires, there will be no obligation for the units to be rented to low-income tenants when they become available.

The owner has offered assurances to existing tenants.

“Everybody living in the building can stay in the building,” Caruana said.

See the story by Nicole Bales by clicking here.

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Critics of a new Clatsop County vacation rental ordinance have filed a petition for a ballot measure to repeal the ordinance.

The county recognized vacation rentals in commercial and residential zones in the development code. Vacation rentals had previously only been recognized in Arch Cape, even though they were permitted in other unincorporated parts of the county.

Opponents of the ordinance need to collect signatures from 4% — or 742 — of county voters to qualify for the ballot.

“We are property owners and renters, housing advocates, business owners and retirees from towns and rural areas around Clatsop County,” Charles Dice, of Cove Beach, wrote in a statement for the group North Coast Neighbors United. “We are Republicans, Democrats, independents and everything in between. Above all, we are your neighbors, united in our commitment to protecting our North Coast residential neighborhoods — because neighborhoods are for families, not vacation rental businesses.”

Take a look at Erick Bengel’s report by clicking here.

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