Oregon SB1521 Signed: Portland-Area Cities Must Offset Developer Affordable Housing Losses

April 4, 2026

Oregon Governor signed SB1521 on March 31, 2026, prohibiting cities and counties within the Portland metro area from enforcing requirements that developers provide affordable units in multi-unit dwellings unless they first calculate the developers’ average expected losses and offset those losses. The law becomes operative for rental housing January 1, 2028, and for all housing types January 1, 2029 — a significant shift in how affordable housing mandates affect residential construction economics in the Portland metro area that developers and contractors should be closely tracking.

Source: LegiScan Read the full story: https://legiscan.com/OR/bill/SB1521/2026

Koleena

Koleena has been a business owner for nearly 30 years. A serial entrepreneur, she has owned an event business coordinating local trade shows, a Christmas store and has been an approved provider for the Oregon CCB pre-license training class for new contractors since 2007. Prior to that, she worked in construction administration in several capacities. Dabbling in various other interests, her favorite hobby is gardening. She loves watching her plants grow and her students grow to their full-potential as business owners.

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