Posted Aug 1, 2025, 4:35 PM
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Originally Posted by PhillyPDX
If the demand for housing is real in Portland, it tells me there MUST be something structural in the way the region runs (taxes, labor union costs, permit costs/time, affordable housing mins, etc) that is an impediment to housing development here, that doesn't exist in all other areas with a similar housing demand. That's the only other variable that would keep development so low relative to peers.
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Hopefully with this exercise the Mayor and Governor will listen to those concerns from developes/investors and either dispel myths, or propose structural changes to encourage the resumption of construction activity.
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