Workforce Development, Farmworker Overtime Lead 2022 Legislative Agenda
The Oregon Legislature kicks off a 35-day session this week. Here’s what OB is watching.
housing
Home Sweet Home
The pandemic has led to a resurgence of the suburbs as remote workers seek more space. Will offices follow suit?
Apartment Owners Adapt to Late Payments, Tech Advances
As residents struggle to pay rent and customers demand virtual tours, leasing agents and smart technology work side by side to make ends meet.
Coronavirus: Housing Demand Shifts
The residential real estate market remains strong as buyer habits change.
Closing the Generation Gap
Advocates suggest the threat of coronavirus makes multigenerational housing more practical, not less.
Providing For The Providers
As nonprofits provide essential services during the COVID-19 epidemic, grantmaking organizations fight to keep them running.
A Match Made in Heaven
How religious communities offer a unique solution to tackling the housing crisis.
“Housing Has Been a Perennial Issue For Me”
Oregon House Speaker Tina Kotek discusses how the housing crisis affects all Oregonians, and what the business community can do to help.
Residential Zoning Bill Transforms Real Estate Landscape
HB 2001 sailed through both chambers with support on both sides of the aisle, but critics claim it won’t solve any housing problems.
Homelessness Crisis: The Other One Percent
Why affordable housing can’t solve Oregon’s homelessness epidemic on its own, and how one organization is laying the groundwork for business to carry the torch.