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Podcast: Cascade CounterPoint
Episode: QP: Portland Needs More Than Zoning Changes to Increase Housing Supply
Description: Full Text: Starting July 1, Portland property owners will have new choices about how residential land can be used.
The Portland City Council unanimously approved a wide array of changes to the city’s restrictive zoning policies, ending zoning laws that limited what types of homes could be constructed.
Specifically, the decision removes a regulation known as single-family zoning, a requirement that says by law, the only type of construction that can occur is single-family housing. The regulation change doesn’t mean new single-family homes can’t be built, but it does mean that property owners and de...