Tag: Unrelated Occupancy Unrelated Occupancy articles 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/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead 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 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/ Senior Housing Researcher and Transportation Lead 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/ Director, Housing and Urbanism