Several partners are developing a Housing Innovation Plan to help produce more housing units ASAP. None of this can be done without the leaders from the public, private and civic sectors.
I strongly agree with your emphasis on addressing supply; other interventions, such as vouchers and housing navigators, don't work well when we're short 140,000 housing units in Oregon. But one question on your numbers. In your first sentence, you say that Oregon ties for having the worst housing deficit in the US; what's the source on that, and what metric are you using? In the graphic just below that, attributed to Freddie Mac and author calculations, you show Oregon having a housing stock deficit equivalent to 8 percent of current supply, and on the map that appears to be the highest in the country by a good margin based on your figures. Is that your source and if so, what state is tied with Oregon for having the highest percentage deficit?
I strongly agree with your emphasis on addressing supply; other interventions, such as vouchers and housing navigators, don't work well when we're short 140,000 housing units in Oregon. But one question on your numbers. In your first sentence, you say that Oregon ties for having the worst housing deficit in the US; what's the source on that, and what metric are you using? In the graphic just below that, attributed to Freddie Mac and author calculations, you show Oregon having a housing stock deficit equivalent to 8 percent of current supply, and on the map that appears to be the highest in the country by a good margin based on your figures. Is that your source and if so, what state is tied with Oregon for having the highest percentage deficit?