Al Johnson, Jean Tate, John VanLandingham and Terry McDonald
We respectfully offer the following response to a recent guest opinion by Paul Conte about allowing multiplexes in single-family residential zones:
Allowing small multi-family housing types in Oregon’s single-family residential zones will help Oregon and its urban areas address serious low-income housing shortages. We can’t help solve Oregon’s critical housing shortage just by building more high-end single-family subdivisions, by building subsidized housing or by selectively allowing multiple-family housing in places like the downtown Westside. Allowing small-scale multiple family housing in all residential zones increases the long-term supply. It also reduces short-term and localized impacts of all kinds.