Housing & Permitting Committee, August 4, 2026
Approves Appropriate $35 million HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee award for affordable housing, 5-0
What happened
The Portland Housing & Permitting Committee advanced 10 lien-foreclosure ordinances (documents 2026-247, -248, -250, -252, -253, -256, -257, -258, -260, -261) to full council on a 5-0 vote, with three properties (documents 2026-249, -254, -255) referred back to the mayor's office…
- Jurisdiction
- Portland, OR
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- August 4, 2026
- Decisions
- 4 zoning decisions
- Outcome
- Approved, 5-0
Free sample: decision 1 of 4
Initiate foreclosure action on 10 properties for delinquent city liens
Committee moved 10 lien-foreclosure ordinances to full council with recommendation to pass: documents 2026-247 (7545 NE Sandy Blvd), 2026-248 (7545 NE Sandy Blvd), 2026-250 (North Columbia Blvd), 2026-252 (7250 NE Lombard St), 2026-253 (7101-7103 SE Division St), 2026-256 (2734-2738 NE Alberta St), 2026-257 (4324 SE 65th Ave), 2026-258 (6627 SE Woodstock Blvd), 2026-260 (5706 SE Lambert St), 2026-261 (855 NE Church St). Item 5 (2026-249, 6307 N Montana Ave) removed after lender/attorney nearing resolution; items 9 and 10 (2026-254 at 1635 SE 35th Ave and 2026-255 at 2706 SE 122nd Ave) referred back to mayor's office; item 14 (2026-259, 10104 SE Harold St) held in committee.
The other decisions are listed below by title. The full write-up, verbatim conditions, and the audio at each vote are in Pro.
Meeting Summary
The Portland Housing & Permitting Committee advanced 10 lien-foreclosure ordinances (documents 2026-247, -248, -250, -252, -253, -256, -257, -258, -260, -261) to full council on a 5-0 vote, with three properties (documents 2026-249, -254, -255) referred back to the mayor's office…
Key Decisions (4)
Initiate foreclosure action on 10 properties for delinquent city liens
Foreclosure action on 10104 SE Harold Street held in committee
Appropriate $35 million HUD Section 108 Loan Guarantee award for affordable housing
Single Stair Design Competition work session
Development Activity (1)
E and Hutch single-stair buildings
Residential
Market Signals (5)
Housing Demand
Portland's 2023 housing needs analysis calls for adding 38,000 affordable…
Commercial Demand
Metro and city affordable-housing bond funds are fully allocated, and…
Sentiment
A developer reported three small-scale infill projects (each $2-4M) put…
Who Spoke (23)
On the record: 4 staff members, the clerk, 3 witnesses, and 2 members of the public.
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