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Is Portland’s rent control ordinance working?

Por: Portland Press Herald Nation January 17, 2023

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Madeleine Adelson lives in a two-bedroom apartment with a roommate in Portland’s Parkside neighborhood. Her landlord recently went to the rent board to seek an increase for capital repairs that she said are routine. Derek Davis/Staff Photographer Two years after Portland voters approved the city’s first rent control ordinance, the divide over whether it has helped prevent large increases or simply created confusion and burdensome... + full article



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