Appeals Court overturns BOLI requirement for union wages on projects that convert buildings to affordable housing

The ruling should free developers to increase the amount of affordable housing that gets built.

 

By Nigel Jaquiss

Oregon Journalism Project

The Oregon Court of Appeals this week paved the way for the widespread conversion of existing buildings into affordable housing.

That’s a big deal in a state with the second-highest rate of homelessnessin the country (trailing only New York) and that has failed to even come close to meeting the ambitious housing…