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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Oregon Needs More Than Tiny Homes
Description: Full-text: The 35-day session of the Oregon Legislature opened last week, and a hearing was held on the Governor’s top priority, Senate Bill 1537. Her goal is to increase the supply of housing.
Unfortunately, this goal is undercut by Oregon’s Urban Growth Boundaries, which are designed to limit urban growth. Under SB 1537, cities will be allowed to add tiny amounts of new land inside the boundary, but only if the proposed development meets stringent criteria.
In the Portland region, new neighborhoods will have to have at least 17 housing units per acre. That means most resi...