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February 13, 2019

Oregon debates single-family zoning

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon’s housing finance agency presented an ambitious plan Monday to attack homelessness, while battle lines were being drawn over a bill that would open neighborhoods zoned for single-family houses to higher density dwellings.

The bill would require cities and counties to allow duplexes and some higher-density housing in lands zoned for single-family dwellings. More than 100 people provided written testimony for a public hearing Monday, including the city council president of Sherwood, a residential community near Portland.


 
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