Oregon’s Housing Crisis: Spending More, Getting Worse

Mike McLane and Shelly Boshart-Davis are joined by Jacob Vandever to discuss Oregon’s housing and homelessness crisis. The episode examines housing supply, land use restrictions, Portland’s affordable housing struggles, homelessness spending, HB 3115, and why Oregon’s current approach is not producing the results taxpayers were promised.02:03 – Welcome to Oregon Discussion03:16 – Housing Policy Is Making the Crisis Worse04:31 – Meet Jacob Vandever07:04 – Watching Housing Policy Fail Over Time08:46 – Kotek’s Long Record on Housing Policy10:30 – Kotek’s 36,000 Homes Goal14:23 – Tenant Screening and Portland City Council Pushback15:21 – $911 Million in Housing Bonds Nearly Gone16:48 – High Taxes, Low Results17:31 – COVID-Era Eviction Policy23:33 – HB 3115 and Public Camping Rules25:21 – Why HB 3115 Still Has Not Been Repealed27:18 – Oregon’s Homelessness Spending Problem30:21 – Manufactured Homes and Naturally Affordable Housing31:25 – Nonprofits Following the Money32:53 – Oregon Homelessness Up While Nation Improves33:36 – Unsheltered Child Homelessness in Oregon43:55 – Housing Supply and the Cost of Living47:00 – Oregon Falling Short of Housing Targets47:45 – Housing as an Economic Issue51:57 – How Housing Costs Hurt Young Families52:48 – What Is the Solution?54:23 – Oregon’s Land Use System55:26 – One-Size-Fits-All Land Use Policy57:39 – EFU Land, Rural Housing, and Common Sense1:07:08 – Final Thoughts