Stable Housing
A concrete plan developed with, by, and for our communities.
Logan knows the hardship to find and keep a home on the North Coast, which inspired him to dive in and advocate for workforce housing. Our families are being priced out due to skyrocketing costs, and too many become houseless. Shelter is a right, and Logan will provide compassionate leadership by investing in trades education, infrastructure to promote smart growth, and temporary shelters to protect our community.
A Housing Platform Developed with, by, and for our Coast:
Trades. A chronic labor shortage has resulted in too few contracts, plumbers, and electricians. We need to invest in Career and Technical Education to accelerate development and develop greener homes.
Smart Growth. Too many of our communities stopped development outright because of poor parking and lack of utility maintenance. Logan will work to invest in the utilities we need to build workforce housing in existing communities, not urban sprawl.
Shelter. Too many of our neighbors, children, and family are forced to live in inhumane conditions. We must invest in temporary shelters and 1-on-1 guidance to empower our unhoused neighbors, not red tape.
Streamlined Permitting. Our planning departments preserve our community character and natural resources, but are overwhelmed by demand, the growth of short-term-rentals, and outdated city codes. Permits that once took three months now take three years– it’s time for an update:
Staff-up. There is a shortage of planners, so Logan will introduce legislation to create an Associates in Urban Planning, creating both an apprenticeship program and a career-pathway. These jobs will be able to take on a paralegal function, freeing-up our certified planners for more complicated developments.
Updated Codes. Developers are flummoxed by inconsistent and outdated codes from community-to-community. Speaking with city leaders across the district, they want to update and streamline their codes but are resourced constrained. Logan will propose legislation to address this through:
A Best Practices Institute, on call and ready to support our cities and counties and help them maintain the goal of planning: safe, sustainable communities.
Direct grants for code review designed for communities who commit to comprehensive updates and a streamlined permitting process.
Centralized Short-Term Rental Registration. The proliferation of short-term rentals has decimated our housing stock in many communities. Logan knows that Short-Term Rentals provide many benefits to our community, too, which is why he advocates for better management in the communities that allow them. What we need is a centralized registration system, so property owners don’t have to register in three places, and so our agencies can effectively manage permits.
We need concrete solutions to the housing crisis, which is why Logan has met with developers, our community-action organizations, cities, planners, and, yes, actual homeowners and renters. We understand that our coast’s marketplace is unique in Oregon– this is why it is critical to elect Logan to our legislature; He Get’s Us.
