Portland's Population is Growing, but Its Borders Aren't

Portland Mercury:

Portland needs 123,000 new housing units over the next 20 years if it's going to accommodate the 400,000 new residents that are going to move here, and those new units are all going to need to go within existing boundaries, says Metro.

Metro Council on Thurs., Nov. 12 voted unanimously to keep the Urban Growth Boundary (UGB)—the boundary separating urban development from protected farmland—where it is. The councilors consider re-bounding the area every six years, and this year is the first time in more than a decade that they've elected not to move it.

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