{"podcast":{"title":"City Cast Portland","slug":"city-cast-portland-5822554","podcast_index_feed_id":5822554,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/citycastportland","website_url":"https://portland.citycast.fm/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/bc44a83a-3444-11ed-8131-b3b843d0d8cc/image/1c6f253f9eff8100435d93459e8c4fcd.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"City Cast","episode_count":954,"summary":"City Cast Portland captures the one-of-a-kind creative spirit of this place and tackles who we are and where we’re going — from big deals, like equity and livability, to tiny delights, like the city's most wonderful doughnut. Host Claudia Meza is so over the notion that ‘Portland is over.’ On the show, she’ll revive your civic pride and stir you to help create local change — through conversations with neighbors, newsmakers, artists and entrepreneurs about our ever-changing city. Learn more and subscribe to our daily newsletter at portland.citycast.fm.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-17T22:17:17.860580+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554"},"episode":{"title":"Portland’s Affordable Housing ‘Cleanup Guy’ on Why Things Are So Effed","slug":"portland-s-affordable-housing-cleanup-guy-on-why-things-are-so-effed","published_at":"2026-06-11T10:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/portland-s-affordable-housing-cleanup-guy-on-why-things-are-so-effed","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1885200338.mp3?updated=1781136593","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.megaphone.fm/CC1885200338.mp3?updated=1781136593","summary":"City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza is sitting down for a one-on-one with Home Forward’s interim executive director, Michael Buonocore, to dig into major challenges facing affordable housing providers right now. Buonocore has led both Home Forward and the Portland Housing Bureau — two agencies at the forefront of our city's affordable housing crisis. Discussed in today's episode: Interim Leader of Home Forward Pledges Greater Transparency and New Chapter After CEO Resigns [Willamette Week] Major Portland affordable housing provider could close in 6 months, leader tells city [Oregonian] Become a member of City Cast Portland today! Get all the details and sign up here. Who would you like to hear on City Cast Portland? Shoot us an email at portland@citycast.fm, or leave us a voicemail at 503-208-5448. Want more Portland news? Then make sure to sign up for our morning newsletter and be sure to follow us on Instagram. Looking to advertise on City Cast Portland? Check out our options for podcast and newsletter ads at citycast.fm/advertise. Learn more about the sponsors of this June 11th episode: D'Amore Law","meta_description":"City Cast Portland host Claudia Meza is sitting down for a one-on-one with Home Forward’s interim executive director, Michael Buonocore, to dig into major…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1951,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/city-cast-portland-5822554/episodes/portland-s-affordable-housing-cleanup-guy-on-why-things-are-so-effed/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/city-cast-portland-5822554/portland-s-affordable-housing-cleanup-guy-on-why-things-are-so-effed.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}