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Why Housing Got So Expensive In Oregon

Tiia Monto, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32343945
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In Western Oregon, it's the story in place after place: too many people for too few houses. 

Low vacancy rates drive up both housing costs and homelessness. 

Josh Lehner in the Oregon Office of Economic Analysis knows the numbers well.  He joins us with a deconstruction of the factors that led to the housing shortage, and that keep it in force. 

Credit Oregon Office of Economic Analysis
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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.
April Ehrlich is an editor and reporter at Oregon Public Broadcasting. Previously, she was a news host and reporter at Jefferson Public Radio.