SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Senate voted Thursday morning on a pair of bills that tackle the state’s housing crisis. Senate Bill 1530 and Senate Bill 1537 passed 21-7 with bipartisan support.
The bills are part of the $376 million dollar Emergency Housing Stability and Production Package, which aims to boost housing production, infrastructure and homeless services while expanding recovery housing. The package also allows some cities a one-time expansion of their urban growth boundary. In the Portland metro area, qualifying cities can expand with a cap of 300 acres.
“We have to make sure that we build more affordable housing; we have to make sure that we increase our housing production,” said Sen. Kayse Jama, D-Portland.
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