A City Club Committee Says Portland Should Explore Rent Control—And A Lot of Other Strategies

Portland Mercury:

In a report released Wednesday, an 11-member research committee for the City Club of Portland recommends the city take an array of new steps to address its burgeoning housing affordability crisis, which has ushered in nearly double digit rent increases and even higher home price hikes in recent years.

The money quote of the report: “We must not be satisfied with saying in one breath, ‘Live in Portland and innovate in the arts, technology, and the environment and also have a good quality of life,’ and in the next breath, ‘You will have to live on the outskirts of the city, far from great public transport and amenities, and we’ll allow your landlords to keep raising rent and evicting without cause.’”

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