PDX Housing Bureau Creates Inclusionary Housing Panel
Panel features community groups but is heavy on people connected downtown real estate developers and the Portland Development Commission
Portland Housing Bureau Director Kurt Creagor send out an email earlier today announcing the Inclusionary Housing Program Development — Panel of Housing Experts. The panel draws heavily from the Portland Development Commission crowd and many of the panelist have ties to downtown PDX developers.
The Inclusionary Housing Program is part of the cities Resolution 37187 ( opens in PDF ), passed in February 2016 after the Oregon Legislature lifted a state-wide ban on inclusionary housing ordinances.
Monthly public meetings begin on April 26, 2016 from 8:00am to 10:00am in the Portland Building Auditorium at 1120 SW 5th Ave.
We posted the full text of the email below.
**Email from Portland Housing Bureau***
As Portland continues to expand the programs and resources available to address the affordable housing and homelessness crisis, recent statewide legislation has provided municipalities such as ours with one additional tool to leverage in this effort — mandatory inclusionary zoning.
Lifting the state preemption on Inclusionary Housing was the Portland City Council’s top legislative priority in the 2016 Session. Senate Bill 1533, sponsored by Senator Michael Dembrow, passed the legislature in March with strong bipartisan support. With the adoption of SB 1533, the City of Portland is now able to pursue mandatory inclusionary housing and harness the economic power of the private market to increase the supply of affordable housing for low-income Portlanders.
Commissioner Saltzman has already given the Housing Bureau direction to begin program development and deliver his office recommendations by September.
Through Resolution 37187, the City has committed to a community-wide, data-driven discussion as this process moves forward, as well as a panel of housing experts to advise Commissioner Saltzman in the development of an inclusionary housing ordinance.
Inclusionary Housing Program Development — Panel of Housing Experts
Shannon Callahan — Office of Commissioner Saltzman
Matthew Tschabold — Portland Housing Bureau
Sarah Zahn — Portland Housing Advisory Commission, Gerding Edlen
Dike Dame — Portland Housing Advisory Commission, Williams and Dame Development
Dr. Lisa Bates — Portland State University
Dr. Ronald Lehr — KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc.
Amanda Saul — Enterprise Community Partners
Vivian Satterfield — OPAL PDX
Margaret Tallmadge — Coalition of Communities of Color, Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission
Eric Cress — Urban Development + Partners
Greg Goodman — Downtown Development Group, Portland Business Alliance
Kira Cador — Rembold Companies
Nolan Lienhardt — ZGF, 1,000 Friends of Oregon
This panel will hold monthly public meetings beginning on April 26, 2016 from 8:00am to 10:00am in the Portland Building Auditorium at 1120 SW 5th Ave.
The Housing Bureau is committed to administering a program development process that is transparent and data-driven, with opportunities for input from stakeholders and interested parties. If you would like to stay informed of future meetings and opportunities to engage in the program development process, pleasesign up for our email list by clicking here.
If you have other questions, or are in need of additional information, please feel free to contact Matthew Tschabold, the Housing Bureau Equity and Policy Manager atmatthew.tschabold@portlandoregon.gov, or visit the Housing Bureau website here.
Respectfully,
Kurt Creager, Director
Portland Housing Bureau
