Progressive Portland

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@davidvatz Dearth of affordable housing in Portland was known in 2002. https://t.co/W9j5pRw54j

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@davidvatz Unfortunately Portland has a long history of underbuilding, and what was being produced was acknowledged to be out-of-reach of most Portlanders. This pre-dates and it was an impetus for the city's first 2015 IZ law.

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@davidvatz Yes, affordable home prices are a good thing.

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@davidvatz Portland's zoning changes are based on 2022 state law and the city's version was approved in 2023. Don't know Austin's zoning bias towards single-family homes on larger than necessary lots or how it was promoting/prohibiting multi-units. These are recent, welcome changes here.

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@davidvatz Correction, perhaps? https://t.co/ZLVmZOjWtM

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@davidvatz IZ in Portland, Maine along with zoning changes permitting ADUs and 4 unit building on any lot size are allowing market rate development as well as the direct production of affordable housing the city needs both of.

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@davidvatz # units approved for 2025 as of 6/30 are 3rd highest in 15 years during which the city's had 2 versions of IZ. # affordable units approved for 2025 are 3rd highest for the same period. https://t.co/ffYfGhvERj

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🏘️A full-time worker in Maine must earn $28.42 an hour to afford a two-bedroom apartment at fair market rent. The median hourly wage of workers in Maine is $24.19. https://t.co/b1C59gq6FU

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🏘️If you reside in public housing and start having trouble paying your rent, there are options available to you before you face eviction. https://t.co/YsP9Lgof9i

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@HydratedTripod @mnolangray Two things: IZ isn't a charge. It's a requirement that a small % of units be affordable to people making a % of AMI. Whether IZ applies to only new developments depends on local code. IZ can apply to new developments, renovations and adaptive reuse projects. As it does here.

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@Colin_d_m https://t.co/orkWLqQmFH

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@maxdubler In Portland, Maine, prior to 2015 when City Council enacted Inclusionary Zoning, affordable housing was not being built. https://t.co/cxl4eTXylp

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@JeffEngelberti1 @crazycopvideos In the United States, you are not obligated to provide an ID to, or answer questions from, law enforcement officers. See the 4th Amendment of the Constitution.

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@atlanticesque We had IZ beginning in 2015. City Council and the then-Mayor created it. As the chart from @geomathMEW shows, the free market without affordability requirements was not delivering needed housing.

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@maxdubler You are aware the POTUS and House GOP budget cuts Section 8 and federal renter assistance funding by 43%, right?

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🏘️ Trump's budget will slash HUD's budget 43.6% and slash rental assistance 42.8%. 55,400 Maine people (senior citizens, people with disabilities, children) rely on federal rental assistance. Act! https://t.co/f1DpR9LUtw

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🏘️ Perhaps tariffs and construction costs, interest rates and buyer hesitancy in an economic environment with a high level of uncertainty have something to do with it. https://t.co/CyozrdyA4C

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🏘️ Perhaps constructions costs are expensive and interests rates are high. https://t.co/zKvOwmm8Mb

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🏘️ There used to be a thing called a reasonable return on investment. Perhaps investors are seeking much, much more than what is reasonable. https://t.co/Ip2eXzQ0cI