See the initial post for the rules and background. Here’s the final set of outcomes.
We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when…
See the initial post for the rules and background. Here’s the final set of outcomes.
We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when…
5 responses to “New Look Exercise # 6”
When its possible for anyone to move out of their parents house and rent an affordable apartment in the neighborhood they grew up in;
When its possible for anyone to buy an affordable house in the neighborhood they are renting in;
When its possible for anyone to retire and live in the neighgorhood where they raised their family;
When there are no homeless;
When there are no mentally ill people sleeping on the streets;
When people can afford a suitable home within walking distance of their place of employment;
We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when more families are moving back into the City than are moving out, and Portland Public Schools has increasing enrollment instead of declining enrollment.
We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when the cost of living, taxes and fees inside Portland is comparable to the cost of living, taxes and fees in the suburbs.
We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when all new housing has attached green spaces and single family homes with yards are being constructed within the City.
We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when tax abatements (except for low income housing) are eliminated and have become a thing of the past.
I believe the problem for Portland school enrollment is not that there are fewer families but that there are fewer children in each family. I think Terry is correct in suggesting that the city of Portland has a greater shortage of homes that will handle large families than it does for one bedroom condos. I suspect at some point Portland will start seeing a wave of tear downs where people buy the house for the land, tear the house down and build a new house on it.
However, his suggestion that that the goal is a region where a house in Lake Oswego will cost as much as that same house in Portland is not desireable. I don’t think the objective should be the same housing and housing mix throughout the region. Hopefully, there will continue to be distinct neighborhoods with distinct characteristics that will be reflected in the price of real estate.
“””I believe the problem for Portland school enrollment is not that there are fewer families but that there are fewer children in each family.”””
You believe wrong.
I read a few years back that for every four children brought into Portland by families with children those moving out take 25 with them.
Obviously they are looking for nice, livable and affordable family friendly neighborhoods.
I have witnessed this trend stretch from Tualatin, to Sherwood, to Newberg and to McMinnville.
Portland is doing nothing to turn this around.
Including the New Look.
Quite the opposite in fact with their continued emphasis on TODs, high density, anti-car, anti-family, anti-middle class development.
With the long term comittments being made to the status quo the situation is hopeless and non sustainable. Growth will be less accomodated every year for decades with the resulting chaos being perpetually ignored by all who think Portland/Metro does it right.
Ross, your use of Lake Oswego as the “suburb” was choice. Of all the suburbs to use you pick one that allows you to then declare an outcome no one made to be undesirable.
Perfect.
Of all the suburbs to use you pick one that allows you to then declare an outcome no one made to be undesirable.
I guess you missed this then:
“We will know there are housing choices for people of all ages, abilities and incomes when the cost of living, taxes and fees inside Portland is comparable to the cost of living, taxes and fees in the suburbs.”
If our measure of success is comparable costs, how do you get to that result with wide variations in the cost of a similar house? It seems to me that you can’t. I chose Lake Oswego because, while it has a fair amount of affordable housing, the housing on the lake is never going to be affordable.
We shouldn’t confuse wanting a mix of housing throughout the region, with having the same housing everywhere.
I read a few years back
Unfortunately whatever you read was wrong or times have changed since then. The number of families in Portland with children is increasing. The number of children enrolled in the Portland Public Schools is declining.