/news/2015/05/03/portlands-first-ever-housing-report-approved-by-city-council/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Mon, 18 May 2015 22:47:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 /news/2015/05/03/portlands-first-ever-housing-report-approved-by-city-council/#comment-474270 Mon, 04 May 2015 16:21:14 +0000 /?p=134597#comment-474270 The city continues its war on housing production, beginning with its doubling of the Parks System Development Charges, its advocacy of inclusionary zoning legislation in Salem, and now a proposed demolition tax, on top on onerous systems of design review. Metro is counting on 90% of its development capacity in the City of Portland coming from redevelopment of existing property. On the one side of its mouth, the city says, bring it on. On the other side, they say no you must pay new taxes. At best 10% of the city’s poor live in subsidized housing projects or receive vouchers, and 90% pay market rates. We need to remove barriers like those proposed so that we build as much housing as possible.

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