HFO Multifamily Marketwatch for Oregon and SW Washington

This Week: Low unemployment and lack of construction workers; city of Portland plans to renew the relocation assistance program this October.

This week: Portland's relocation ordinance revisions; water bills to increase; for whom the driving tolls (it tolls for thee).

Rent control remains banned in Oregon -- for now; City of Portland relocation fee ordinance withstands legal challenge.

This week: Sen. Rod Monroe offers amendments to HB 2004; Laurelhurst fights to keep out the housing crisis; Chloe Eudaly criticizes landlords and developers

This week: It's the economy -- higher interest rates, Oregon unemployment reaches a new record low and Amazon will create 1,500 new jobs in Troutdale by next summer.

This week: Lawmakers in Oregon and Washington consider real estate tax increases; Oregon's rent control saga; Amazon to bring 1,500 new jobs to Troutdale; wages vs. rent; and across the country - slowing rent growth.

This week: Rent control appears dead in Oregon legislature (but is it?), second bill requiring local governments to allow duplexes, ADUs and small multifamily projects in single family neighborhoods may be moving forward. 

This week: Portland's budget, school district levy, Oregon's robust economy, and where, oh where are the inclusionary zoning projects? We return after Memorial Day on June 6th.

This week: Portland Mayor says housing trumps need for parking; conflict continues in the Eastmoreland neighborhood and the Portland Development Commission is now Prosper Portland. Our podcast returns next Weds 5/24.

In this episode: newspapers worldwide reporting on Oregon's battle over rent control; a zoning bill in Salem causes uproar in Multnomah Village and Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler proposes financial support for a Portland startup website to help renters.