Oregon spent billions for this lousy headline

By Taxpayers Association of Oregon
OregonWatchdog.com

After spending $2.2 billion in extra taxes and spending for exclusively affordable housing and homeless programs, Oregon is now worse off.  Housing is more unaffordable.  There are more homeless.

Here is how both your taxes and spending has gone up:

• $258 million Portland bond (2016, Ballot Measure #26-179)
• $600 million Metro bond for affordable housing (2018, Ballot Measure #26-199)
• $1 billion Metro income tax for homeless services (2020, Ballot Measure #26-210)
•$376 million Kotek housing program (2023)

At the same time the above headline broke, another headline made the news about how taxpayers spent more for cultural amenities in affordable housing — but went mostly unused.

The Taxpayers Association of Oregon cartoon best explains what is going on:

Read the OPB article.

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