By Julia Shumway

Oregon Capital Chronicle

Legislative Democrats and local elected leaders from around Oregon on Thursday pitched a $400 million plan to get more homeless people off the streets, build more affordable houses and help low-income families come up with down payments for homes.

The proposal, one of several plans worked out for the roughly $1.5 billion lawmakers can spend before going home in March, would allocate $215 million to building and preserving affordable housing, $165 million to programs to address homelessness and $20 million to help families buy homes.

It follows anno...