Oregon Live: “Portland City Council approves ‘regulatory relief,’ tax break package to promote housing construction”

The Portland City Council approved several new policies this week aimed at lowering the cost of building new homes. Councilmembers approved what they called a “regulatory relief” package, a measure to loosen 15 zoning and permitting requirements for new housing. The council also approved new tax breaks to reduce the cost of complying with the city’s onerous inclusionary-zoning mandates. These mandates, enacted in 2016, are widely acknowledged to have slowed residential development in the city. – Oregon Live