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Javier's avatar

The vast majority of housing I see being built in Portland is taxpayer funded low income housing. Portland then allows the units to be filled with active drug users. Is it any wonder they all turn into Buri Buildings? What a waste. And private developers have all but pulled out of the Portland market..due to permitting costs and delays. https://www.wweek.com/news/2023/06/07/a-28-million-low-income-apartment-complex-descends-into-chaos-in-just-two-and-a-half-years/

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I was watching Bloomberg last week and saw an interview with Palmer Lucky, the founder of Anduril, a defence technology company. Although Lucky is from California he said that California was not considered as a site for his five million square foot factory because of how difficult it is to do things in California. He said " there are some states that are really good at slowing you down and pushing you out and others are great at pulling you in and speeding things up," which is why he chose Ohio. Sadly, Oregon is too much like California in that it generally makes permitting for all manner of projects complicated, time consuming and expensive. In order to make progress on housing, or attract new business to the state, it would be much better off if it were able to change its bureaucratic culture to one that is much more proactive,helpful and dedicated to getting things done.

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