SE Division Street: rapid infill but rapid price hikes.
(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland)
(Photo: M.Andersen/BikePortland)
Oregon seems to be nearing a series of party-line votes that would remove its statewide ban on inclusionary zoning.
IZ, as it’s sometimes known, is a type of zoning used in many U.S. cities that requires developers in certain areas to offer some housing units at below-market prices, usually to people with middle or low incomes.
House Bill 2564 is scheduled to hit the state House floor today, personally carried by House Speaker Tina Kotek (D-North Portland). After a party-line committee vote last week, a leading backer predicted Monday that the bill will pass the state House on another party-line vote, with every Democrat in favor and every Republican opposed.