For the past quarter century, Portland's urban growth boundary has limited suburban sprawl. (See my Utah Law Review article, posted Dec. 27 on this blog). But critics of the Portland experiment assert that the UGB has made housing unaffordability, based on the National Association of Home Builder's housing affordability index.
The most recent HOI just came out, and guess what? Portland is now more affordable than most metro areas. To find the data go to the NAHB's NAHB's housing affordability website
Then look up any of the tables with metro area rankings.
Posted by lewyn
at 5:53 PM EST
