It saddens me that so much effort is spent on helping build housing for single people in Portland when so many families who have lived here their entire lives can not afford to buy a home even with two incomes. It seems to me that there is great effort to bring new people to Portland but no effort to keep families here. Existing programs are extremely limited and in no way meet the needs of families wanting to purchase homes. I feel that the only way I can buy a home in Portland is to win the lottery or to sell an organ. Working parents are truly the most neglected segment of the Portland populaton. We work hard, but gain so little.