Michael Andersen, Author at Sightline Institute

Michael Andersen is the Director of 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.

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Oregon Has a Chance to Sharply Cut Urban Parking Mandates

The reform proposal, authorized by the state’s anti-sprawl laws, is up for a vote this week.

May 16, 2022

May 16, 2022

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
The Price of Old Homes Depends on the Cost of Building New Homes

An explanation, via hamburgers.

Apr 18, 2022

April 18, 2022

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Housing Is Popular, Actually

How many times do voters need to say so before journalists believe them?

Feb 8, 2022

February 8, 2022

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
End Parking Mandates, Get a Free Bus Pass

Great programs like this one in Minnesota don’t happen when big parking lots are mandatory.

Jan 25, 2022

January 25, 2022

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Backyard Homes Are Great for Owners of Small Homes

In Portland, almost one in six residential lots has a small detached home. Many of those 23,486 backyards would be great spots for more homes—if they were legal.

Jan 5, 2022

January 5, 2022

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Bogus “Historic” Districts: The New Exclusionary Zoning?

Interlocking loopholes would let homeowners in richer parts of Portland veto city council's maps - but there’s a fix.

Oct 19, 2021

October 19, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Five Lessons from California’s Big Zoning Reform

A pattern is emerging here.

Aug 26, 2021

August 26, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
Eight Ingredients for a State-Level Zoning Reform

Lessons from Oregon's landmark legalization of fourplexes and townhouses.

Aug 13, 2021

August 13, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
How to Tear Down the Invisible Walls in Your City’s Zoning Code

10 tips for zoning reformers from a town that legalized housing.

Aug 6, 2021

August 6, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns
The Eight Deaths of Portland’s Residential Infill Project

There are many ways to kill a zoning revolution. To win one of your own, understand the ways Portland's nearly failed.

Aug 6, 2021

Michael Andersen

https://www.sightline.org/profile/michael-andersen/

Director, Cities and Towns

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