Do Portland’s Low-Density Zones Need a “Deeper Affordability” Option?

For years, three-quarters of Portland’s residential land has been almost entirely off-limits to anyone—a nonprofit developer, a government agency, anyone—who wants to build new guaranteed-affordable housing. These no-go zones for affordable-housing projects are marked in yellow, orange, brown and light green in the map below. Cascadia’s third-largest city has plenty of affordable housing developers: Habitat … Continue reading Do Portland’s Low-Density Zones Need a “Deeper Affordability” Option?