Portland councilors return from Vienna study tour urging long-term, large-scale social housing approach

Sep 24, 2025

Councilors and community partners reported lessons from a study tour of Vienna’s social housing system, highlighting mixed-income developments, land-banking, rent-cost-based financing and tenant protections as features Portland could adapt; staff to produce a December progress update on a social housing study requested by council resolution.

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Three Portland councilors and community partners reported their observations from a study tour of Vienna’s social housing system on Sept. 23, describing features they said could inform a long-term, large-scale approach to housing affordability in Portland.

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