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Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen is Director, Cities and Towns with Sightline Institute. Since 2006, he has been writing about ways better municipal policy can help break poverty cycles, with a focus on housing and transportation. Michael’s work before joining Sightline in 2018 included reporting and editing for print and web in Longview and Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon. He lives in Portland with a beautiful woman, a kid, and a cat. They park their car in the street. Find his latest research here, email him at michael@sightline.org , and follow him on Twitter, Bluesky, or LinkedIn.

Michael Andersen

Michael Andersen

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Portland’s New Design Rules Could Kill Housing—But They Don’t Have To

It’s happened again and again and again in Portland throughout the Cascadian city’s recent housing crisis. For one big project, ...
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Nobody Should Have to File Taxes to Get Cash for their Kid

If you don’t enjoy filing your taxes each year, please imagine trying to get around to it while dealing with ...
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Permanent Child Payments Would Deal a Historic Blow to Poverty

Like a tree twisted by a shadow above it, everything about anti-poverty policy in the United States has been shaped ...
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A Federal Child Credit: Like Automatic Renter Aid, But Better

A federal child credit, a concept backed by both President Joe Biden and Senator Mitt Romney—a monthly payment of $250 ...
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It Should Be Legal to Live in More of Oregon’s 1.5 Million Empty Bedrooms

When thousands of people are living in tents and doorways, it makes no sense for the government to stop people ...
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Portland just passed the best low-density zoning reform in US history

Portland’s city council set a new bar for North American housing reform Wednesday by legalizing up to four homes on ...
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