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Fourplexes

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On March 19, 2026
I grew up in Springfield, Oregon, not Portland (though I was born there). One thing that has happened here (I am here now) is that as housing prices have skyrocketed, even in this working class town, is that the large backyards created when this area...
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Meanwhile, in Berkeley

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On July 18, 2024
City of Berkeley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons In 1916, New York City enacted its first-in-the-nation zoning ordinance. This kicked off a rapid and radical shift in land use governance in the United States, soon to be promoted by the Herbert Hoover's Commerce department, which...
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Impact fees

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On April 12, 2024
I don't know if this is an important enough supreme court decision to trigger commentary from Paul or Scott, but a decision of some interest to those of us who follow housing and land use policy came down today. In Sheetz v County of El...
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