Inclusionary Zoning
Oregon’s New Path to Inclusionary Housing: Fully Funded and Flexible
An environmental justice champion led the push to end counterproductive, unfunded mandates.
Portland’s Inclusionary Zoning Program Is Finally Performing, New Data Suggests
Because for the first time, the city fully funded it.
Now Fully Funded, Portland’s Affordability Mandate Should Be a Model
Underfunded inclusionary zoning fails, but fully funded programs can be a boost to below-market housing and a fiscal bargain.
Four Ways to Improve Portland’s Housing Affordability Mandate
Small changes could fully fund the program and produce many more affordable homes in desirable areas.
Yes, Red Tape and Fees Do Raise the Price of Housing
And no amount of hand-waving about “land values” changes that.
Inclusionary Zoning: The Most Promising—or Counter-productive—of All Housing Policies
Great good or great bad, depending on design.