> in an effort to spur new homebuilding, became the only state to eliminate single-family-only zoning in many of its residential neighborhoods
But this is good. Allowing to build new homes will obviously help with the housing crisis. Usually decision makers just won't allow enough new construction, so its effect will usually stay too small.
Unfortunately, rent control will have the opposite effect of what Oregon thinks, and only make housing scarcity worse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/07/opinion/reckonings-a-rent...
https://www.governing.com/gov-institute/voices/col-rent-cont...
> in an effort to spur new homebuilding, became the only state to eliminate single-family-only zoning in many of its residential neighborhoods
But this is good. Allowing to build new homes will obviously help with the housing crisis. Usually decision makers just won't allow enough new construction, so its effect will usually stay too small.