Posted Mar 14, 2018, 4:41 PM
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Buried lede: on April 4th Mayor Wheeler is going to make a motion to continue the hearing and reopen the record.
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Economists Say a Portland City Council Rejection of New Housing Sends Dangerous Signals
City leaders, who have talked for two years of a housing crisis, voted to preserve the status quo—at the expense of as many as 2,800 units of housing.
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For the past 12 years, a vacant lot in Portland's Goose Hollow neighborhood once slated for development has remained untouched by shovels—a monument to the power of city government to obstruct development.
In 2006, the Portland City Council overruled an approval by the Design Commission for a 21-story condo tower on the site.
That was the last time the City Council voted to completely overrule the commission, a volunteer panel tasked with signing off on big construction projects.
Until last week, anyway.
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...continues at the Willamette Week.
Last edited by maccoinnich; Mar 15, 2018 at 3:11 AM.
Reason: Fish > Wheeler
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