Portland tests PadSplit model to ease inventory, affordability crunch

“The fastest, most effective way to solve this housing crisis is unquestionably moving people into bedrooms, which should not be controversial,” he told HousingWire. “And then the question is, when you have homeowners, what are the incentives that drive them to potentially fill those empty bedrooms?”

The impetus for the program traces back to Portland Mayor Keith Wilson, who…