Tag: Unrelated Occupancy

Unrelated Occupancy articles

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  It’s (Past) Time for British Columbia to Legalize Roommates

  Another piece of the puzzle to make housing more affordable in the province—and keep up with southern neighbors Washington and Oregon.

  Apr 15, 2024
  April 15, 2024

  Daniel Oleksiuk

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/dannyoleksiuk/

  

  Contributor
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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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  Housemates Welcome: Washington Strikes Down Household Size Caps

  Olympia legislators will no longer let zoning codes dictate who can live together based on exclusionary definitions of “family."

  Apr 16, 2021
  April 16, 2021

  Nisma Gabobe

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/nismagabobe/

  

  Senior Research Associate
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  It Should Be Legal to Live in More of Oregon’s 1.5 Million Empty Bedrooms

  A proposed state law would strike down needless bans on sharing big houses.

  Feb 10, 2021
  February 10, 2021

  Michael Andersen

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

  

  Director, Cities and Towns
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  Cities Cling to Laws That Shut Out Non-traditional Family Groups

  Washington bill to lift discriminatory occupancy limits gets watered down into oblivion.

  Mar 2, 2020
  March 2, 2020

  Dan Bertolet

  https://www.sightline.org/profile/danbertolet/

  

  Senior Director, Housing and Cities