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Developers not biting city鈥檚 lure
Portland city leaders are searching for new incentives to encourage inclusion of affordable housing in developments, but industry professionals say the first step should be to fix the disconnect between the existing tax exemption program and the free market.
Dwindling funds and exemptions
Public dollars for affordable housing are hard to come by. 鈥淲hen we first became a bureau back in 2010, we had roughly $60 million in development funds, and it has […]
Building affordable units for less
Home First Development built the 27-unit Snowberry affordable housing complex for $1.89 million.
Portland Housing Bureau dangles tax-exemption carrot
The 2014 application period is open for the Portland Housing Bureau's Multiple-Unit Limited Tax Exemption program, which provides developers a 10-year tax exemption on the value of structural property improvements in exchange for meeting minimum threshold requirements for affordable housing.
Home Builders Blitz coming to Southeast Portland
Four metro-area contractors and numerous subcontractors later this month will donate labor and materials for Habitat for Humanity's Home Builders Blitz in Southeast Portland.
Affordable housing developer buys Hillsboro apartment complex
BRIDGE Housing, a nonprofit, has purchased the 111-unit Woodland Park Apartments from the Simpson Property Group for an undisclosed price.
REACH receives financial boost for Hillsboro project
REACH will use a $500,000 Meyer Memorial Trust grant to move forward with its Orchards at Orenco Station project.
Developers vie for tax abatements for affordable housing
After a two-year review process, the Portland Housing Bureau has raised the bar for developers looking to qualify for its multiple-unit limited tax exemption program.
185-unit affordable housing project planned for Pearl District
San Francisco-based BRIDGE Housing, a 30-year-old nonprofit, is planning to build a mixed-use project in the Pearl District. According to an early pre-application notice from the city, the six-story structure could include as many as 185 units and 115 below-grade parking spaces.
Modular design used for faster, cheaper housing
A Portland architect has developed a new modular design strategy for affordable housing projects. He expects it to generate an improvement in buildings鈥� quality and reduce the time and cost needed to build them.
Apartments under construction on Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
Ground was broken last week a mixed-use apartment project developed by Innovating Housing Inc. The apartments are being built by Walsh Construction in partnership with Faison Construction.
Northeast Portland facility would combine treatment center and affordable housing
Home Forward and LifeWorks Northwest are working together to develop a facility that would include a rehabilitation center and 32 affordable housing units.
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- Oregon opens infrastructure grant program
- Ex-TV host claps back at Detroit officials in blight case
- 31-unit multifamily project in Portland land use review intakes | Aug. 3, 2026
- $2.4 million office renovation in Portland building permits | Aug. 3, 2026
- Transportation commission weighs ODOT budget cuts
- Lam Research planning $1.7 billion investment in Tualatin
- Pacific Northwest projects totaling $10.6 million in top bidders | July 31, 2026
- Many Oregon counties struggling to maintain their fairgrounds
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