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Jonathan Bach
@jonathanmbach.bsky.social
Reporter covering housing and commercial real estate for The Oregonian

Author of "High Desert, Higher Costs: Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American West" https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/high-desert-higher-costs
2,500 additional homes per year would be about 33% fewer homes than Portland added, on average, from 2006-2024.

In other words, this is an achievable goal but one that'd still probably require effort, especially if we don't want prices to rise as much as they did in 2006-2018.
January 17, 2026 at 4:11 AM
I am literally sitting across a table from you right now why are you trolling me
January 17, 2026 at 4:06 AM
Great story. I love this line: "The openness of central Oregon, which saps up sound like it’s in a vacuum, is a world away from Seattle."
August 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
One of the best movies ever made.
August 8, 2025 at 6:04 PM