housing development

Practical coverage for residential development in Oregon, including permitting, land use, financing, infrastructure, timelines, and project risk.

Permitting

Aug 17, 2026

•

6 min read

The clock is not the whole permit path

Before pricing, marketing, filing, or underwriting an Oregon property path, document the actual review lane: completeness, land use, public works, source-file checks, hearing exposure, and transaction-file proof.

Jordan Cizek

Due Diligence

Funding approval is now a design-path question

Aug 3, 2026

•

7 min read

Funding approval is now a design-path question

OHCS’s July 2026 architectural-standards update makes one Oregon affordable-housing diligence question more important: has the project received Housing Stability Council funding approval, and which process path applies?

Jordan Cizek

Due Diligence

A housing bonus is only useful if the approval path still pencils

Jul 20, 2026

•

6 min read

A housing bonus is only useful if the approval path still pencils

Portland is considering housing-bonus changes and design-review reform. The practical question is whether a real site survives the entitlement, review, and financing stack.

Jordan Cizek

Oregon builders

Oregon housing approvals are getting quieter. The risk moves earlier.

May 25, 2026

•

11 min read

Oregon housing approvals are getting quieter. The risk moves earlier.

Starting July 1, 2026, parts of Oregon housing review shift toward clearer standards, fewer hearings, narrower appeal paths, and tighter engineering timelines. The useful question is not “will everything be faster?” It is “what has to be checked earlier?”

Jordan Cizek

housing development

The clock is not the whole permit path

Funding approval is now a design-path question

A housing bonus is only useful if the approval path still pencils

Oregon housing approvals are getting quieter. The risk moves earlier.

Quick Links

Subscription

Socials