Housing and zoning
Council decisions about housing and zoning: 4 decisions.
October 2026
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Metro gives $1.6 million in planning grants, including Waterfront Park
Metro awarded three planning grants paid for by a regional tax on construction projects. The money pays for design and planning work at Tom McCall Waterfront Park in Portland, the county-owned Vance property in Gresham, and the waterfront in West Linn. A fourth request, from Prosper Portland for the former Regal theater site at Southeast Division Street and 166th Avenue, was not funded.
Metro · October 1, 2026 · Passed, 7 to 0. · District 1, District 4
September 2026
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Metro sets goals and progress measures for regional homeless services
Metro adopted final goals and measures for its Supportive Housing Services program, the regional tax-funded homeless services program run with Clackamas, Multnomah and Washington counties. The goals include shortening how long people are homeless, speeding up housing placements, and having 85% or more of people placed in housing stay housed at 12 and 24 months. It also tracks things like shelter use, street outreach results, evictions, rents and state and federal funding, with a regional dashboard updated every three months.
Metro · September 17, 2026 · Passed, 4 to 1. Mary Nolan voted no; Duncan Hwang and Miles Palacios were absent. · District 1
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Metro gives Hillsboro $198,000 to plan new housing area
Metro awarded the City of Hillsboro a $198,000 grant to make a plan for part of the Rosa Reserve, rural land west of South Hillsboro. Hillsboro wants to ask Metro in 2027 to move the urban growth boundary (the line that limits where cities can grow) to add about 130 acres for homes. The plan would cover about 123 acres for houses and townhomes and 7 acres for apartments.
Metro · September 10, 2026 · Passed, 5 to 0, with 2 members excused. · District 4
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Metro confirms new member of homeless services oversight committee
Metro Council confirmed Laura Golino de Lovato of NW Pilot Project to a 22-member committee that oversees Metro's Supportive Housing Services program. This program pays for housing and homeless services in the region. She takes the seat for a housing and homeless services coalition, replacing Angela Martin, who resigned, for the rest of that term.
Metro · September 8, 2026 · Passed. Vote count not given.