It is a truism to say that infill development in Oregon is fraught and expensive. This is apparently not lost on the Legislature, which over the past four years has enacted a number of laws to reduce local permitting barriers...more
The Oregon Senate will soon be deciding on a bill that would allow an owner of a lot or parcel at least two acres in size in an area zoned rural residential to build an accessory dwelling unit, or “ADU,” on that lot or...more
COVID-19 has caused governments to take unprecedented action. Last week saw the passage of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, a sweeping bipartisan bill that aims to prop up families and businesses by...more