Oregon passed sweeping housing crisis laws
&gt; Lawmakers passed a first-in-the-nation cap on rent increases<p>Unfortunately, rent control will have the opposite effect of what Oregon thinks, and only make housing scarcity worse.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2000&#x2F;06&#x2F;07&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;reckonings-a-rent-affair.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nytimes.com&#x2F;2000&#x2F;06&#x2F;07&#x2F;opinion&#x2F;reckonings-a-rent...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.governing.com&#x2F;gov-institute&#x2F;voices&#x2F;col-rent-control-bad-idea-making-comeback.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.governing.com&#x2F;gov-institute&#x2F;voices&#x2F;col-rent-cont...</a><p>&gt; in an effort to spur new homebuilding, became the only state to eliminate single-family-only zoning in many of its residential neighborhoods<p>But this is good. Allowing to build new homes will obviously help with the housing crisis. Usually decision makers just won&#x27;t allow enough new construction, so its effect will usually stay too small.