The Best Wildfire Solution We’re Not Using
Three ways to curb the sprawl that traps us on a wildfire treadmill.
Region: Oregon
The Northwest Needs More Midsize Solar
While distributed solar can’t solve the region’s transmission woes alone, Idaho and Washington would be smart to follow Oregon’s lead in boosting it for a cleaner future.
Ranked Choice Voting Would Help Oregonians Vote for their True Favorite
UPDATE 06/30/23: The Oregon legislature passed a measure on June 25, that lets voters decide whether to adopt ranked choice voting in statewide elections, including those for president, US House and Senate, and governor. If approved by voters, the measure would also give cities, school districts, and other local entities in Oregon the choice to adopt … Read more
Oregon Has Built Gov. Kotek’s Target Number of Homes Before
MEDIA CONTACT: Michael Andersen, Sightline Institute, michael@sightline.org FULL ARTICLE: Yes, Oregon, there is a way to build enough homes SALEM, OREGON – Oregon’s House Housing Committee On Housing and Homelessness meets today to hear HB 2889, a measure to ramp up housing production and reduce barriers to construction. It’s one part of a state effort, … Read more
Yes, Oregon, There Is a Way to Build Enough Homes
Takeaways After decades of underbuilding, Oregon has a serious housing shortage. Governor Tina Kotek wants the state to build 36,000 homes in each of the next ten years to make up this deficit. It’s a big goal for a big problem, but it’s doable. Oregon built almost that many new homes during the 1970s with … Read more
With Flexibility Over Parking, Oregon Homebuilders Get to Work
Tens of thousands of homes are now more buildable, including several projects that local parking mandates had previously killed.
How Portland’s Form of Government Makes It Hard to Find Parking
Transportation commissioners come and go, but policies to free up curb space remain perpetually stuck at City Hall.
Troutdale Says Tax-Funded Housing Project Is Designed with Too Many Homes
For Immediate Release: October 21, 2022 Media Contact: Michael Andersen, Senior Researcher, Housing Program michael@sightline.org, @andersem TROUTDALE, OR – The City of Troutdale, a city that has far more residents living on low incomes than low-priced homes, has rejected Home Forward’s offers to redesign their project in ways that would retain all 94 planned units. … Read more
Ten Things Portlanders Should Know About Multi-Member Districts
This article is part of the series Fairer Elections in Portland Find audio versions of Sightline articles on any of your favorite podcast platforms, including Spotify, Google, and Apple. Author’s note: Based on our research into the proposal’s effects, Sightline Institute has endorsed ballot measure 26-228. Read on for details about the measure and highlights … Read more