In early November, Josh Lehner, an economist with the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis, delivered a simple message to the Home Builders Association of Metropolitan Portland: housing prices in Oregon are going to continue to rise. Lehner’s presentation noted short-term issues in housing construction like labor and supply shortages that are partially responsible for a slow rate of building in the last year. But he also highlighted long-term structural issues that confirm much of what.
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