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Preserving Senior Housing vs. the Fair Housing Act

According to the Pew Research Center, since January 1, 2011 more than 10,000 Baby Boomers reach the age of 65 every single day.  According to various studies, the number of Americans over age 65 is expected to reach 71.5 million by 2030- twice their number in the year 2000.  Because of this . . . → Read More: Preserving Senior Housing vs. the Fair Housing Act

Can Dollars and Cents Mitigate Development Impacts?

Elegant is not a word one generally associates with land use law. For instance, in attempting to mitigate the effects a given project has on neighbors and other stakeholders, many planning commissions have spent many a late (late) night attempting to divine whether a given project is “timely” or “reasonably compatible” with neighboring uses. . . . → Read More: Can Dollars and Cents Mitigate Development Impacts?

Changes in Local Budget Law Coming Your Way in January 2012

For most Oregon local governments it may seem early to be discussing annual budget development, but recently adopted House Bill (HB) 2425 makes several changes to ORS 294.305 to 294.565, most commonly known as Local Budget Law.  These changes affect, in part, budget development, supplemental budgetary changes, public notice provisions, and budget document requirements.  . . . → Read More: Changes in Local Budget Law Coming Your Way in January 2012