A revised rezoning plan working its way toward the City Council would result in almost twice as many new homes being built in Portland during the next 20 years, according to an economic report released last Thursday.
The new homes also would be far less expensive to rent because they would be much smaller, mostly multifamily units, says the report prepared by Portland-based Johnson Economics.
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