Oregon Bill Ended Single-Family Zoning Across the State

Oregon House Bill 2001 Ended Single-Family Zoning Across the State. That’s Causing Some Pushback.
By Nigel Jaquiss | Published November 6, 2019

The temperature is rising around House Bill 2001, the landmark housing law that passed on the final day of the 2019 legislative session.

The law will effectively end single-family zoning in most Oregon cities and allow the development of duplexes and townhouses where
now only single-family homes are allowed. The idea is to promote the development of more and cheaper housing.

But not everybody is cheering. At a recent meeting of the League of Oregon Cities, the new law was received about as poorly as a
red MAGA hat.
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