Nov 25, 2022 | Articles, Research
The Wall Street Journal recently published an article (behind a paywall) entitled “Housing Shortage Reflects the Cheap Cost of Holding Vacant Land.” As the subheading says “High taxes on buildings and low taxes on land discourage landowners from...
Nov 3, 2022 | Groundswell
Willamette Week carried Sofie Peel’s story in the October 26 issue about the reaction of Montavilla neighborhood residents to a city proposal to repair long-neglected unimproved streets on 89th Avenue. Portland City Council is refocusing its infrastructure...
Oct 20, 2022 | Articles, Groundswell
By Scott Baker This article in The City (link), plus a previous one on the same issue of Affordable Housing just the day before, made me think that the way to cut through the morass of regulations, incentives and political factions, might be just to ignore many of...
