Oregon lawmakers: The time to house homeless is now by Tim Gruver, The Center Square | February 24, 2021 08:30 AM Print this article Year after year, Oregon lawmakers are faced with the same problem legislating ways to house the homeless: paperwork. No matter the cost or the scale of a state housing project, cities and counties are often bogged down by complex land use rules and local politics to give them the green light. In 2019, state lawmakers took a big step in freeing up public land for duplexes, banning cities of more than 10,000 people from limiti...