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Opinion: Tenants are the forgotten class in our crisis

Rent control has been in place in Portland for over two years. By almost all measures, it has been a remarkable success. Rent increases have stabilized for rent controlled units, averaging just 1.6% overall in the first year (70% of rent controlled units saw no increases, while 30% saw increases averaging 5.6%). Non-rent-controlled units are…

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