Oregon's new governor requests $1B for housing spending

Newly inaugurated Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek unveils her first budget proposal as governor at the State Library of Oregon in Salem on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Her budget requests that $1 billion in spending go toward housing and that hundreds of millions more go toward mental health and education. Oregon has struggled for years to address its interconnected housing, homeless and mental health crises. It has some of the highest rates of homelessness and drug addiction in the nation. (AP Photo/Claire Rush)