An apartment complex in Gresham has sold for $20.5 million.

Portland's City Council on Wednesday approved a design review study that could lead to major changes.

App developer, heal thyself.

Paired with the System Development Charges (SDC) exception passed earlier this year, this means Portland can build more housing, faster. Today was a good day. Read more here:

New city administrator finalist Raymond C. Lee III, who is probably minutes away from being appointed by the City Council, is introduced by Mayor Keith Wilson and immediately thanks God for the opportunity. Not something you hear a lot in Portland.

A candid exchange on Instagram underscored the complicated, ongoing racial dynamics of this project bikeportland.org/2025/12/09/a...

Lol. Fortunately, my hometown is Corvallis, which has Block 15.

A quick little comparison of AI vs. human-powered news. I was looking to see if any other Portland media covered the design review reform proposal coming to City Council. I didn't see anything . . . except an AI summary of a Nov. committee meeting from something called Citizen Portal. /1

Major reform could be coming to Portland's design review system. djcoregon.com/news/2025/12...

Portlanders love 'em some sword-murderin'.

Oh, wow. Frank Gehry has died. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

The 1803 Fund and other Black community leaders issued a clear message Tuesday. As Rukaiyah Adams told Mayor Keith Wilson, “We own this building. So, yeah, that’s the thing now.” djcoregon.com/news/2025/12...

The U.S. ties rents in regulated-affordable apartments to average income. So when avg incomes rise, rents in subsidized buildings do too. Portland's rental vacancy rate has been 8% for 2 years. That's kept market rents flat. Combine those: an affordable home is barely cheaper than a market one.

heads up Portland! applications open for free office space at Meyer Memorial Trust for small progressive orgs ( budgets under $1M, "serving the Albina neighborhood, working in coalition or offering culturally specific programming") I just know one of y'all knows someone who could use this

Whatever the reason, the lack of any obvious results from the tax break underscore the difficulties San Francisco has faced as it tries to revive its lackluster downtown.

Feels like the resale housing market is really starting to unfreeze — sales growth is accelerating and prices are falling at a faster rate: youtu.be/uh4U4OfPSoA?...

The Federal Housing Finance Agency is increasing the size of home loans that the government can guarantee against default as it takes into account rising housing prices.

A proposal for a vampiric nightclub at Centennial Mills raises questions about a recently approved plan to build three new multifamily, mixed-use structures at the long-jilted waterfront property.

Good news: New data suggest that Portland's inclusionary zoning program is finally working as intended, after being fully funded in 2024 www.sightline.org/2025/11/25/p...

Delistings Jump 28% as Sellers Pull Homes Off Market Rather Than Settle For Low Prices www.redfin.com/news/delisti...

Ah, yes, the biannual tradition of Phil Knight setting millions of dollars on fire trying to elect Republicans in Oregon.

I said mayyybe you're gonna be the one that saves meeee

The Portland City Council followed through with a ban on rent price-fixing algorithms Wednesday night. Large-scale landlords face heavy penalties if caught using them. djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...

The $1.1 billion Hood River-White Salmon bridge replacement has won federal approval. djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...

I agree with you that seniors buying multiple homes acts to crowd out younger home buyers, as do seniors downsizing and using their existing home equity to outcompete potential first-time buyers for smaller, more affordable homes. Great point by you.

Put simply: The old people own all the homes. The young and, increasingly, middle-aged are forced to rent. First-time home buyers are at a record low proportion of all home buyers. The crisis, Will, is there's no way in if you don't already own a home. www.nar.realtor/newsroom/fir...

The 1803 Fund, led by Rukaiyah Adams, is purchasing a series of properties in Albina. The former grain silos will be known as Albina Riverside, and the fund has also acquired several properties in the area known as The Low End.

The @djcoregon.bsky.social is running an interesting house ad leaning into the human element.

This is really bad. TV news groups should not be firing anchors to please the White House.

The office vacancy rate in Portland is well over 30%.

The $1.12 billion Hood River-White Salmon bridge replacement received its federal record of decision Tuesday. Story to come.

No worse business in the world right now than a supplier for the residential construction industry:

This is my primary concern with Waymo. In the end, it's more cars on the streets.

Sometimes the NYT's reflexive resort to horse-race journalism causes them to miss real underlying change. The Epstein files are coming out not because Trump's grip is loosening. They're coming out because the more the public knows about their contents, hiding them has simply become indefensible.

Vega Pederson endorses the City Council's rent algorithm ban push as the council gets close to final passage.

This is so cool. Love this for the kids and the building.

Inside Portland Art Museum's $116 million Rothko Pavilion expansion. The museum reopens to the public on Nov. 20. djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...

Portland's city council appears poised to ban algorithmic rent-fixing software. The proposed ban is backed by council President Angelita Morillo and other left-leaning City Council members. djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...

Every now and then I think about this comic.

Journalist problem: That thing where I have one quote that's clearly the best in the story, and whether it should be the first or last quote. Who am I kidding? The good Lord smiles upon an excellent kicker.

A state layoff notice for Intel just hit my inbox: 669 people at four locations in Oregon.

This will make the housing and homeless crisis much, much worse: www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

A Texas-based company has posted a job listing for detention officers in Newport. It's the latest sign the federal government wants to set up an ICE facility on the Oregon Coast.

Portland City Council is taking up an ordinance today to ban algorithmic rent-fixing software. Thread!

More obscure, but Oriana Fallaci (d. 2006). She absolutely roasted Kissinger, Arafat, Khomeini and many more.

Rents in Bend have flattened because of a surge in new apartment supply. Analysts don't expect that to last. Bend Bulletin story: bendbulletin.com/2025/11/11/b...

After years of delay and months of very bad news, ODOT staff will ask their bosses if it's finally time to pull the plug. bikeportland.org/2025/11/11/i...

I've been hearing all day about rumors that ICE wants to set up a new outpost on the Oregon coast. Newport officials say their airport is in the agency's sites. #orpol www.opb.org/article/2025...

Veterans go to the Angels and play one season and then decide it's all they can take.

The good news: Portland is opting into Oregon's optional 4-story single-stair code section. The bad news: Portland's fire marshal has managed to insert a poison pill into what appeared to be a take-it-or-leave-it appendix text, likely making it unusable in most cases. djcoregon.com/news/2025/11...