City of Portland, OR
09/04/2024 | News release | Distributed by Public on 09/04/2024 16:10
City Council unanimously adopts Portland’s first ever Housing Production Strategy
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Under Commissioner Carmen Rubio's leadership, City Council unanimously passed the City's inaugural Housing Production Strategy on Aug. 28.
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September 4, 2024 12:24 pm
Under Commissioner Carmen Rubio's leadership, City Council unanimously passed the City's inaugural Housing Production Strategy on Aug. 28, 2024.
There are 35 practicable actions in the Housing Production Strategy - some of them are complex, requiring intense collaboration citywide, others, staff can get started on right away. Over the next five years, City bureaus will collaborate with partners to promote needed housing development, while addressing our housing, equity, climate, and urban-design goals. This plan emphasizes equitable outcomes for communities facing bigger challenges to meeting their housing needs - especially low-income households, families, communities of color, older adults, people with disabilities, and people experiencing houselessness.
The strategies that lay the groundwork for the next five years are organized into eight initiatives:
- Promote Affordable Housing (0-80% AMI)
- Increase Middle-Income Housing And Homeownership
- Increase Housing Across All Major Redevelopment Efforts
- Reduce Barriers To Development And Improve Processes
- Stabilize Current And Future Households
- Promote Age- And Disability-Friendly Housing
- Promote Climate-Friendly And Healthy Homes
- Advocate At The State And Federal Level
Read the adopted Housing Production Strategy.
This action plan builds on the work the City has undertaken since Council first declared a housing emergency in 2015, and more than a dozen actions the City has taken since Commissioner Rubio was assigned the Community and Economic Development Service Area last year.