Cities around the United States do not have land use planning like we have in Oregon, and they are all struggling with issues like affordable housing.
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Tackling affordable housing via land use planning won't necessarily solve the problem.
Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.
Without land, how can you have development of roads, highways, townships, etc?
As a former mayor, I know that local governments must have control over land use decisions.
What we see out there is an affordable housing crisis, particularly in the rental market in cities big and small, and we don't have the resources necessary to fill that gap.
If we allow more development, it will bring housing affordability.
We don't believe in planners and deciders making the decisions on behalf of Americans.
We haven't had an agenda for American cities probably since at least Jimmy Carter. We have left cities to fend for themselves.
We're not the States of America; we're the United States of America. If states don't get what they need, we're not going to have a successful plan, period.
You have got to connect your land use decisions with transportation decisions.
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