Op-Ed: Development Plans Focus on Equity in Search for Solutions to Affordable Housing

#ICYMI - Development plans focus on equity in search for solutions to affordable housing

"As you drive down I-5 through the Terwilliger Curves, you might not always think of the West Portland Town Center. But it's home to us and much of Portland's last naturally occurring affordable housing close to downtown, as well as neighborhood parks, schools, mosques, trails, churches and some great small businesses.

West Portland Town Center is also the last town center in Portland without a comprehensive plan for the future. The effect is that city departments aren't guided by any community's vision while engagement continues about bringing light-rail and the pressures of growth threaten the preservation of naturally occurring affordable housing.

Fortunately, a draft West Portland Town Center Plan has recently been developed."