What Oregon did with its top-down plan was create a system that forces underperforming cities to upzone. I hope it actually happens as written & personally I’d have preferred to skip the paperwork but IMO this was a way to turn a plan to action www.sightline.org/2025/12/03/n...
Over time, the state zoning standards make space for tens of thousands more homes in Oregon cities.
These top down plans are great. But trying to execute them with micromanaging local planners who will undermine you with malicious compliance will see your promise evaporate.
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Amy Klobuchar committed to putting Minnesota “on a path to build” at least 100,000 new homes if she’s elected governor in November. minnesotareformer.com/2026/06/08/k...
Klobuchar did not commit to forcing local governments to allow more housing development through statewide zoning changes
