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I just spent on day in Portland buying a car. The seller and I were chatting about living there. He was conservative as well. He said the locals say that Portland is where your children come to retire.
Stalin took the bird by its legs and slowly, one by one, he plucked all the feathers from the bird’s little body.
Then he opened his palm. The bird was laying there naked, shivering, helpless.
Stalin looked at him, smiled gently and said, “You see... and he is even thankful for the human warmth coming out of my palm.”
Ah Oregon, where they’ve learned the lessons of Stalin.
“Sanchez and her 5-year-old son moved to Oregon from Oaxaca, Mexico, four years ago, and she fretted about keeping him in a nearby bilingual elementary school.”
The surest way to prevent more housing being built is to pass this bill.
I say there is yust say no yustice for jou.
....”its quirky city of Portland “
Quirky. Yes. That is being.... kind.
Makes perfect sense. Oregon limits any and all construction through ridiculous “Urban Growth Boundary” limitations. BUT HEY! We can limit rent increases and increase housing by establishing rent controls.
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This will backfire,
As an Oregon landlord, I will do no-cause terminations of tenancy (not evictions) for undesirable tenants. This is a great benefit for the tenant, even though many do not recognize it.
The reason is that a tenant with an eviction has a very difficult time finding a new rental. There is always a reason to evict "for cause" if a tenant is undesirable. If a tenant is desirable there is never a reason to terminate them. A vacancy costs 2 to 3 months rent.
A no-cause termination keeps an eviction off of a tenant's legal record...
Ed
Being in the rental business for many years I have yet to raise rates on occupants. With that being said my cost never stops escalating. Codes are always changing requiring costly additions, insurance is always going up, The country assessor never misses a chance to raise the property taxes even if the property value dips. Many tenants thinks it is perfectly acceptable to knock holes in the walls and doors. They will pitch smoke detectors in the trash because they do want to replace a battery.
Now does any one wonder why rents are always increasing?
Prosperous Oregon? What the heck does that have to do with anything, even if it’s true?!
Too few homes are being built in Oregon because of excessive government regulation. The solution? New government regulations. The Ctrl-Left is consistent.
Soon, all rent houses in Portland will resemble the one Dr. Zhivago came back to find occupied.
You buy the house, maintain it, pay the insurance and taxes and the government will tell you who, when, where and what rent you will charge regardless to your expenses and expected profit.
A perfect communist community if ever there was one.