It's heartening to see ideas like incentivizing homesharing being discussed. Creating opportunities for young people to find truly affordable housing and helping retirees and our older Oregonians maintain their homes can strengthen our community greatly. We believe that innovative approaches like homesharing could play a significant role in addressing the housing challenges we face in Portland. Thank you for highlighting this important topic!
If you’ve recently looked for a home or apartment in Portland, I don’t have to tell you it’s hard. We have more people who need housing than capacity, and it’s hitting young, BIPOC, lower-income, and retired residents the hardest. June is American Housing Month, a time to consider the future of housing in Portland. Look around, and you’ll see that our current leadership's approach isn’t working. Instead of construction and cranes, we’ve seen missed housing goals and self-dealing city bureaucracy. We need new housing now. Here’s how we’ll get it done. 👷🏼♀️ Permitting strike team to eliminate roadblocks and get our construction workers building again. 🏙️ Commercial to residential conversion to transform empty office buildings into incredible residences. 🏘️ Affordable ADUs in backyards and converted garages across Portland. 🏡 Incentivized home sharing to help our young people get a foothold in our city and our retirees to keep it. If you’re ready to bring REAL change to the Portland affordable housing crisis, I want you by my side. Are you with me? #juneisamericanhousingmonth #housing #portland #pdx #keithwilsonformayor