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Experts tell Senate committee Portland experience shows inclusionary zoning needs funding, flexibility and check‑ins
Summary
Presenters told the committee that Portland’s original inclusionary zoning mandate underperformed when unfunded, slowing housing production and prompting developers to underbuild to avoid thresholds; recent recalibration with stronger funding and tax abatements increased opt‑in participation.
A panel of housing researchers and developers told the Senate Interim Committee that inclusionary zoning can produce mixed‑income housing only when the mandate is aligned with predictable and sufficient incentives.
Michael Anderson of the Sightline Institute summarized ten years of Portland’s experience and research showing an underfunded mandate reduced permitting and produced a shortfall of below‑market homes. "If you add cost...and if you require some of the homes to be provided below market rent...the building won't be built," Anderson said, describing developers…
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