Oregon's multifamily housing industry brought a unified message to Salem last week and found legislators in both parties willing to listen. Today we are covering what was discussed and what it signals for the 2027 legislative session.

Today we're talking about ADUs — accessory dwelling units. Tiny detached homes quietly appearing behind single-family
houses. Suddenly ADUs are becoming one of the biggest housing policy stories in the country.

For the past several years, Portland's national image has often been dominated by stories about office vacancies, homelessness, crime concerns, tax frustration, political conflict, and downtown struggles.

And yet underneath those headlines, something much more complicated — and frankly much more interesting — has
been happening. Institutional capital is quietly returning to Portland.

Today we're talking about a chart that may quietly define Portland's apartment market over the next several years and almost nobody outside the industry is paying attention to it yet.

Today we're talking about a question that almost nobody in Portland housing politics seems fully comfortable asking out
loud. Why does subsidized affordable housing in Portland often cost dramatically more per square foot than market-rate
apartment construction?

Today we're looking at Portland's housing market through the lens of city policy, development feasibility and investor confidence.

HFO partner Greg Frick recently sat down with Portland City Councilor Eric Zimmerman, who chairs the city's Housing Committee. They talked about multifamily permitting, downtown recovery, investor confidence and what it will take to get housing production moving again.

Today we're looking at Washington state, where several recent stories point to the same challenge: the state knows it needs more housing, but production, policy and regulation are still not aligned.

Today we're breaking down Oregon's 2026 legislative session and what it means for apartment owners, developers and investors.