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Oregon lawmakers are considering banning the use of AI to set rents, and limiting the exceptions to the state鈥檚 rent stabilization law.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development offers support for housing and people experiencing homelessness; it appears to be the next agency facing layoffs as the Trump administration continues its mission to scale back the size of the federal government.

A passel of recent California laws were supposed to supercharge the construction of desperately needed housing. According to YIMBY Law, they haven鈥檛 even come close.

Oregon cities say they鈥檙e trying to meet the state鈥檚 housing goals - but need help building the infrastructure required to add new residents.

Property managers say more tenants aren't paying rent on time. Housing advocates say rising rents and stagnant wages make it harder to do so.

Oregon lawmakers last week previewed some of their ideas to build more homes and lower rents and home prices for Oregonians struggling with the high cost of housing.

California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself 鈥漚t the expense of renters who pay inflated prices.鈥�

Looking at the data, it鈥檚 mostly bad news for the state of housing across Oregon, from a lack of supply to an increasing homeless population. And in recent years, the median home price has increased seven-fold compared to wages.

Economic development officials along the south Oregon coast say a housing crunch is hindering growth.

Housing projects are waiting more than a year for vital equipment to connect new apartment buildings to the grid. The cause is complicated.

Humboldt County passed a rent control measure for mobile home communities back in 2016. That measure now applies to RV parks. And the county is expecting a lawsuit.

Oregon farmworkers, many of them immigrants, face a housing market that is fraught with substandard living conditions or is financially out of reach.