A veteran with disabilities who faced eviction will stay in his apartment, after intervention from a tenant union and a Portland city councilor.

Last Friday, Dan McLean, 68, got an eviction notice at his apartment in The Yards at Union Station—an affordable housing complex in Northwest Portland—that instructed him to be out by Tuesday. McLean, who’s battling serious health issues and had severe vision impairment up until a series of recent laser surgeries, had no idea he was behind on rent or that he’d been served eviction warnings.

The retired military vet says he receives assistance from a HUD VASH program, which combines US Housing and Urban Development (HUD) rental vouchers with clinical services provided by a local Veterans Affairs office. The rental assistance previously covered hi

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