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  A Housing Agenda for Oregon: More Homes without Higher Prices

  The usual way to get more homes built is wait for prices go up. But there is another way.

  Feb 7, 2024
  February 7, 2024

  Michael Andersen

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

  

  Director, Cities and Towns
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  Oregon’s Untapped Gold Mine: The Homes that Don’t Yet Exist

  To reduce housing shortages, small doses of cash could get many projects built. A bill introduced in Oregon this year suggests a clever place to find it.

  Jun 1, 2023
  June 1, 2023

  Michael Andersen

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

  

  Director, Cities and Towns
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  Oregon Joins Washington to Allow Use of More Empty Bedrooms

  Both states have now voted to re-legalize a great idea: the rooming house.

  May 3, 2021
  May 3, 2021

  Michael Andersen

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

  

  Director, Cities and Towns
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  Oregon Just Ended Excessive Parking Mandates On Most Urban Lots

  A 2019 law legalizing "middle housing" statewide turns out to also be one of the biggest parking reforms in US history.

  Dec 14, 2020
  December 14, 2020

  Michael Andersen

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

  

  Director, Cities and Towns